Question

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,

Eternal I rise impalpable out of the land and the bottomless sea,

i. Name the poem and the poet of the above lines.

ii. What does the phrase “strange to tell” mean?

iii. How does the rain justify its claim: “ I am the Poem of Earth​

Answer 1

Answer:

I. Poet -Walt Whitmen ,Name -The voice of the rain.

AnsII. The phrase ‘strange to tell’ means that it was strange for the soft-falling rain to reply to the poet’s question. When the poet asked the rain ‘who art thou?’ the rain replied ‘I am the Poem of Earth’.

III. The rain said that it was the Poem of the Earth and it rose continuously from the land and bottomless ocean in the form of vapours.

Explanation:

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