Question

Summary of the poem Rain on the Roof

Answer 1

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✔1st Stanza

When the...........................overhead.

The poet describes a rainy night. He say that all the stars of the sky have become invisible becoz they have been covered by clouds. Darkness usually have a negative connotation, and the poet makes no expection to this rule. He says that the darkness is making him sad and reflective, and the rain also seems to mirror his emotions as it looks like tears falling softly from human eyes. At this point, the only thing that can be bring joy to the poet is to cruel up with a pillow in the bed of a country cottage. Though the rooms of the cottage may be small and ill-equipped, the sound of raindrops can only transport him there for him to recover from his melancholic mood.

✔2nd Stanza:

Every twinkle......................the roof.

In this stanza the poet describes how the raindrops makes the loudest sound as they fall on the shingles of the roof. Each sound that is made by the rain in this way is repeated the next instant by beating of his heart. The things he has only been imagining now start to appear before his very eyes. As he is listening to the soft and continuous falling of the raindrops on his roof, all his memories is coming back to him, but they are not discrete and separated from each other. Instead all of his memories seem to have formed a patchwork by becoming entwined with one another.

✔3rd Stanza:

Now in............................the rain.

In this stanza the describes the first memory that he can actually identify the patchwork that all his memories have formed by meshing together. He remembers how many years ago, in his childhood, his mother used to look down at him and his siblings as they were sleeping and having pleasant dreams. His mother would make a point to look at them every night, for she knew she would not see them again till the next morning. What the poet remembers more than anything is how his mother would bend down and watch over him in particular. These memories are evoked as he listens to the repetitive rhythm of the raindrops as they are falling on his roof.

✔4th Stanza:

Then my............................the roof.

In this stanza, the poet imagines his younger brother and younger sister as angels. It may seem unbelievable that he could think so highly of them, as if there was no sibling rivalry or mischievous fight among them all. However, we should not assume that it was so. The fact is that memory often has a way of influencing our perceptions of the past. Though the poet may have fought often with his siblings, he wants to remember them as their beautiful, sweet and innocent shelves. He remembers his brother and his sister as they would gather round him, while his head was laying on the pillow, apparently prepared for sleep, but when his eyes were wide awake. At such times, his siblings would either chat with him cheerfully, praising him for some or other of his actions. However, sometimes they would also express disapproval over something the poet had said or done. This disapproval never set up the poet too much though, and so he remembers it as being mild. He remembers these things about his siblings as he is listening to the low sound of the drizzle that is coming down on his roof.

✔5th Stanza:

And another..........................the rain.

In this stanza the poet remembers a lover who has once attracted his attention, and aroused strong emotion in him,with the intense blue colour of his eyes. This lover had not been faithful to him though. However, the poet chooses not to remember such unpleasant things. Instead he focuses on himself, and remembers how his love for her was a strange mix of both joy and pain. At this point, his heart beating faster and at the time, the raindrops also start falling at a faster pace.

✔6th Stanza:

There is...............................the rain.

In this stanza, the poet says that there are great pieces that have been composed by man, but none of those pieces can stir up strong emotions as easily as the melody that Nature creates with the sound of the rain. He says that's Nature's music is retrained, and it also quietens the environment around it. However, the emotions that it is capable of unleashing can be compared to the waters cascading down the slope of a mountain In the form of the waterfalls.

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Answer 2

Answer:

This is the rain on the roof summary in which the poet tries to describe how he feels on a rainy day. The poet states that whenever it rains he starts to recall all his past memories. While lying on his bed in the cottage he listens to the pitter-patter sound of the rain. As he listens to the sound of the rain he starts to remember his old days when he was a little boy. Further, he remembers her mother who is not with him now, but her memories will always be with him. In addition, he remembers how her mother takes care of him during the rainy days so that he might not catch a cold. While listening to the sound of the rain, he remembers all the sweet memories of his past.