NEW RAINS of winter in Africa

line 1: Dusty odour filled the air.
line 2: Days of childhood it reminds me.
line 3: When clays was our friend.

line 4: Every being wants you at first.
line 5: "we've waited for so long!"
line 6: Echoes fills the air with that.

line 7: Even the green fields all waits.
line 8: Waving their colourful petals for your arrival.
line 9: Saying, "we have adapted and waited in the summer; don't ever leave"
line 10: The virgin rains of new winters.

The poem above was one of my collections in my secondary school days. I will now explained every meaning of the lines and figures of speeches used

line 1 Dusty odour filled the air.

This line is actually explaining or trying to portray the smell of the air when a new rain drops on the soil of Africa. The feelings it brings. When water mixed with mud, it has it unique smells.

line 2 Days of Childhood it reminds me.
line 3 When clays was our friend.

These line try to bring to mind the writers childhood days when he use to play on muds when such rains fell; How merry he would have been if it was his childhood days.

line 4 Every being wants you at first.
This line is talking about all creatures on earth; yearning for rain after the sunny days leaving everything dehydrated.

line 5 "We've waited for so long!"
line 6 Echoes fills the air with that.
These lines actually is portraying the feelings every being has. Their enthusiasm when the first rain finally fell on the soil of Africa.
line 7 Even the green fields all waits
line 8 Waving their colourful petals for your arrival
line 9 Saying, "We have adapted and waited in the summer; don't ever leave"
line 10 The virgin rains of new winters.
These lines talks on the plant who earnestly also wait for the new rain in order to flourish.

Figures of speech
The figure of speech mostly used is personification
Examples: Line 8.