Question

“These aren’t raindrops falling from the sky, new coins”

a. Who is the speaker and what are referred to as the new coins?

b. What is the mood of the speaker this time? Why is it so?

c. Name the figure of speech has been used in the above lines?

d. Why does the speaker refer to raindrops as coins?

e. Name the story and the author?

Answer 1

a. The speaker is the farmer, Lencho. He referred to raindrops as the new coins.

b. Lencho was happy at this time because he got to see the raindrops for which he was waiting for many time.

c. The figure of speech used here is metaphor.

d. Lemcho referred to raindrops as coins because he thought that the raindrops would bring him wealth and prosperity by bringing good harvest.

e. The name of the story is ’A letter to god’ and the name of the author is ‘G.L Fuentes’.