Question

9 Read the extracts and answer the questions.

(a) ‘What a bliss to press the pillow

Of a cottage- chamber bed

And lie listening to the patter

Of the soft rain overhead!

(i) Name the poem and the poet. 1

(ii) Find the word which means ‘ utmost joy’. 1

(iii) Where is the poet lying ? 1

(iv) Why was the rain soft to list​

Answer 1

(I) Name of poem: Rain on the roof

Name of the poet: Coates Kinney

(ii) Bliss is the word which means ‘ utmost joy’.

(iii) The poet is lying on the bed remembering his mom.

(iv) The falling of the rain drops on the tiles of the roof creates a musical effect which echoes the thrill of his heart. He listens to the patter of the rain on the roof of his cottage with feelings of joy. This is the reason why the rain was soft to list.

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