Question

a. What does 'humid shadows' stand for?
i. human shadows
(ii) water-laden black clouds (iii) ghosts (iv) nightmares
b. Which line shows that the poet is happy when it rains?
i.
What a bliss to press the pillow
(ii) Of a cottage-chamber bed
(iii) And lie listening to the patter
(iv) Of the soft rain overhead.
c. What does the poet like to do when it rains?
i. lie in bed and listen to the sound of the rain (ii) weep in bed
(iii) walk in the rain
(iv) lie in bed and write about the rain
d. Which poetic device is used in the line, "The melancholy darkness gently weeps in
rainy tears'?
i. onomatopoeia (ii) simile
(iii) personification (iv) repetition
e. The poet who has penned these lines is
i. Robert Frost (ii) Phoebe Cary (iiiJames Kirkup (iv) Coates Kinney
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Answer 1

Answer:

a. (ii) water-laden black clouds

b. Of the soft rain overhead.

c. lie in bed and listen to the sound of the rain

e.