Question

Poem 3 (RAIN ON THE ROOF)
Extracts
1. When the
rainy tears
Questions
1 What does the poet imply by 'humid shadows?
2 How is darkness melancholy?
3. What are the rainy tears?
4 Which poetic device has been used in the second line?
2. What a bliss
rain overhead!
Questions:
1. Where is the poet?
2. What bliss is he experiencing?
3. Explain the phrase "press the pillow".
4. Which poetic device has been used in line 1 and line 3 of this stanza?
3. Every tinkle
being start
Questions:
7. What are 'shingles'? What produces a tinkling sound on them?
2. How does a 'tinkle' echo in the poet's heart?
3.Explain the expressions 'a thousand dreamy fancies' and 'busy being
4. Which poetic devices does the poet use in the last line of this stanza?
4: Now in
till the dawn.
Questions:
1. Why is the poet reminded of his mother on a rainy day?
2. What was she in the habit of doing every night?
3. Who are called the darling dreamers"?
4.Which poetic device has been used in the line 3 of the stanza?
Short questions:
1. What happens to the stars on a rainy night?
2. When does the darkness beginto weep?
3. Why does the poet compare rain to tears?
4. Who or what is a 'busy being', according to the poem?
5. How does the rain affect the poet?
6. How did the poet's mother wish her children'good night' every day?
7.Why do you think the poet remembers his mother so fondly?
8. Why does the poet call the sound of the rain a "refrain"?
9.What information do you get about the poet's childhood from the poem "Rain On The Roof"?
10. What opinion do you form of the character of the poet's mother from your reading of the
poem "Rain On The Roof"?
Long Questions:
1. The Poet has a lot of memories associated with rain. Elaborate.
2 Describe the bond between the poet and his mother even when she is no more.
3. How is the rain in the poem "Rain On The Roof different from the rain in the poem "Wind?​

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