Question

Every tinkle on the shingles
Has an echo in the heart;
And a thousand dreamy fancies
Into busy being start,
And a thousand recollections
Weave their air-threads into woof
As I listen to the patter
Of the rain upon the roof
(a) Explain ‘shingles’. What is tinkling on the shingles?
(b) What finds an echo in the poet’s heart?
(c) Who is a busy being? What happens to his mind?
(d) Explain: “A thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof’.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

(d) 'air-threads' mean threads made of air i.e. intangible and invisible. The line means that the dreams, fancies and the patches of his childhood days keep popping in his subconscious mind like intangible threads and weave into a woof. (warp and woof are tools or machines used in weaving).