Question

I. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow in one or two lines: i) 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) What finds an echo in the heart of the poet?

Answer 1

Answer:

THE RAINDROPS

EXPLANATION:

When the drops of rain fall on shingles, they make a tinkling sound. The tinkling sound echoes his heart. When the raindrops were heard on the roof, he felt happy and had fear at the same time

He felt happy due to his memories about his mother

He felt fear due to melancholy and dark clouds and thoughts

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Answer 2

Answer:

The poet’s mother comes in his memory as he sleeps in his bedchamber on a rainy night when rain lashes the tiles of the roof of his house.

☆Know more☆

• This question is taken from Rain of the Roof which is written by Coates Kinney.
• The theme of the poem is the healing power of rain.
• The musical sound of raindrops falling on the rooftop at night has the ability to revive sweet memories and rouse fancies in an otherwise busy mind.
• The rain thus soothes and comforts an overworked mind by taking it back to its lovely past.