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The poet says that beauty is heard in the wind sighing and rain falling. What do you understand by this? lfl Read the following extfact and answer
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Question 3.

There is a parallel drawn between rain and music. Which words indicate this? Explain the similarity between the two.

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The last two lines of the poem (in brackets) indicate the parallel drawn between rain and music (here it is called ‘song’, as a song always has music associated with it). In these lines, the poet observes that the life-cycle of rain and a song are alike. The song issues from the singer and travels to reach others. It wanders and, whether heard and enjoyed or not, eventually returns to its creator with all due love. Similarly, rain originates from Earth, and after fulfilling its role of spreading beauty and purity, returns to its origin.