Rain fell, drumming on windowpane.

Meaning: This sentence describes a scene where rain was falling and making a drumming sound as it hit the windowpane.

Choice of Words: Rain is water that falls from the sky in drops. Fell means it dropped from the sky to the ground. Drumming is used figuratively to describe the sound of the rain hitting the windowpane. On indicates the surface or location where something is happening. Windowpane is the glass part of a window.

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