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Summary
The poem ‘Rain on the Roof’ talks about the poet’s varied reactions to the sound of raindrops falling on the roof of his house. He says that the raindrops at night are like tears shed by the sad, dark night. He loves to lie in bed and hear rain falling on the roof of his room because it gets back sweet memories of the past. He says that the sound of rain drops helps him fall asleep and gives him sweet dreams. He has memories of his loving mother who would put them to sleep.

Question -1
1.What do the following phrases mean to you? Discuss in class.
(i) humid shadows
(ii) starry spheres
(iii) what a bliss
(iv) a thousand dreamy fancies into busy being start
(v) a thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof
2. What does the poet like to do when it rains?
3. 3. What is the single major memory that comes to the poet? Who are the “darling dreamers” he refers to?
4. Is the poet now a child? Is his mother still alive?
5. What is a ‘bliss’ for a poet in the poem?
Question -2
1.When you were a young child, did your mother tuck you in, as the poet’s mother did?
2.What shows that the poet loved his mother?
3.When does the ‘thousand dream fancies’ begin to weave in the poet’s mind?
4.How does the memory of his mother haunt the poet?
5.How does the poet enjoy the patter of the soft rain lying in his cottage-chamber bed?
6.What finds an echo in the poet’s heart and what starts weaving in his mind?​

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