Question

Q7.) Read the following stanza and answer the following questions.
Eternal I rise impalpable out of the land and the bottomless sea,
Upwards to heaven, whence vaguely formed all together changed, and yet the same,
I descend to lave the draughts, atomies, dust layers of the globe, and all that in them without me
were seeds only, latent, unborn.
a) From where does rain originate and how?
b) What happens to the rain in sky?
c) With what purpose does the rain descend from the sky?
d) How does the rain help the seeds?
(4marks)​

Answer 1

a) Rain originates from the sea

b)

c) To avoid droughts and to provide water to the seeds which are about to grow into plants.

d) The rain provides water to the seeds which help them grow and become plants.