Question 1.
How does the rain describe itself in the poem ‘The Voice of the Rain’?
Question 2.
Who are the speakers in the poem? Which lines give you this information?
Question 3.
To what does Whitman compare the formation of rain and why?
Question 4.
Why does the rain descend ‘on the earth’?
Question 5.
Explain “I give life to my own origin” in the poem ‘The Voice of the Rain’.
Or
How does rain give back life to its own origin?
Or
Why does the rain say, “I give back life to my own origin”?
Question 6.
What is the parallel drawn between rain and music in the poem ‘The Voice of the Rain’?
Or
There is a parallel drawn between rain and music in the poem ‘The Voice of the Rain’. Explain.
Question 7.
What does the rain do to the earth?
Question 8.
What does the voice of the rain say in the poem?
Question 9.
How do rain and song make the places of their birth more beautiful?
Answers
Answer 1:
The rain describes itself as the ‘poem’ of the earth.
Answer 2:
The poet and the rain.
And who art thou? said I to the soft-failing shower,
Which, strange to tell, gave me an answer, as here translated:
lam the Poem of Earth, said the voice of the rain,
Answer 3:
Walt Whitman compares rain to a song. The rain forms in the sea and the earth and returns with love just as a song issues from the singer and returns to him with love from the listeners.
Answer 4:
Rain descends on the earth to wash off the drought, remove the dust and dirt and clean and purify the earth. It comes down to germinate the seeds lying on the ground.
Answer 5:
The rain falls to the earth where it rose from. The falling of rain gives life to seeds and plants which support all life on the planet.
Answer 6:
Rain and music are similar because they return to the place of their origin and spread happiness all round. Rain returns to the earth and brings new life and happiness. The pleasure created by music enriches the singer with love and admiration of the listeners.
Answer 7:
As the rain descends on the earth, it settles the dust on its way. It washes the earth, infuses life into the sepds, makes the earth clean and beautiful by generating life into the latent seeds.
Answer 8:
The rain says that it is the Poem of the earth. It rises up in the air, gets vapourised and then falls again as rain. During this process, it washes and brings life to Earth.
Answer 9:
Both rain and the song make their places of birth more beautiful—the rain washes the earth and creates life on it. The song gives pleasure to the singer and brings him appreciation.
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