Question

And forever, by day and night, I give back life to my own

Origin, and make pure and beautify it;

(For song, issuing from its birth-place, after fulfilment,

Wandering, reck’d or unreck’d, duly with love returns)

10 What work does the rain do?

11 How does the poet explain the similarity between the rain and a song?,​

Answer 1

Answer:

The extract has been taken from the poem 'The Voice of the Rain' by  Walt Whitman.

• (i) By day and night it provides life, care, enrichment, and water to the place from where it originated, that is, the Earth. The rain keeps enhancing the beauty and purity of the earth by preparing a life-cycle for itself again. The rain comes down to wash the drought and provide water. It also washes away the dust and small particles from the earth’s surface. And the seeds inside the earth grow into a plant because of the water provided by the rain. It gives life to the seeds.

• (ii) The poet explains that The Rain is like a song that originates from its birth-place, just like the heart of the singer, and travels to fulfill the earth’s needs and wanders. It finally comes back to the place from where it originated. Whether it is ruined or not, it returns to the original position, with a lot of love to its birth-place

                                 

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