Question

"I descend to lave the droughts, atomies, dust-layers of the globe,

And all that in them without me were seeds only, latent, unborn:"

(i)Who does ‘I’ refer to here?

(ii)Explain the role of rain in the above stanza.

(iii)How is everything unborn without rain?

Answer 1

Answer:

1 : in this stanza I refer to the rain

2: becoz of rain the seeds and plants will grow

3: the seeds on the land r lying latent or dormant due to no. availibility of water or rain

Answer 2

(i) 'I' refers to the rain here in this context.

(ii) The role of the rain as per the above stanza is to moisturize and clean the surface of the Earth after droughts.

(iii) Everything is 'unborn' without the rain means that the plants, trees, fruits, and flowers need ambient water in order to grow and nourish. This will be impossible without the rain which acts as a natural source of water for them.