Question

Q5. Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow: (1X5=5)

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.

Questions:

a) What does a ‘tinkle’ do ?

b) What happens when a tinkle echoes in the heart ?

c) What do recollections do ?

d) When do all those things happen ?

e) When does the poet remember his mother ? How does he do so?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

1) Everytinkle on the shingles

Has an echo in the heart;

2)And a thousand dreamy fancies

Into busy being start,

Answer 2

Answer:

a)It creates an echo in the heart.

b)A thousand dreamy fancies are created in the heart.

c)They create a woof of air-threads.

d)When the poet listens to the pattering sound of rain.

e)when the poet begane to enjoy the rain and goes to the cottage chamber and lying in the bed