Question

5. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
And who art thou? Said I to the soft falling shower,
Which, strange to tell, gave me an answer, as here translated;
I am the Poem of Earth, said the voice of the rain.
a. Name the poem and the poet
b. What does the poet ſind strange?
What is the 'Poem of Earth'9.
d. Who art thou? Who is the thou in this line?​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) The voice of the rain by Walt Whitman

b) The author imagines that Rain is talking with him, but rain is a non-living thing which cannot speak. Thus, the Poet finds these strange.

c)

d) Thou here refers to Rain