Question

EXTRACT QUESTIONWhen the humid shadows hover. Over all starry spheres And the melancholy darkness Gently weeps in rainy tears, 1. What are the humid shadows ? 2. What do they do ? 3. Why does the poet call darkness ‘melancholy’ ? 4. Name The figure of speech used in the last line.

Answer 1

Humid shadows: These are the shadows of different things which become wet during the rainy season.

When it rains the poet wants to lie on bed in a cottage and listen to pitter-patter sound of the rain.

4. metaphor