Question

When the humid shadows hover Over all the starry spheres And the melancholy darkness Gently weeps in rainy tears, What a bliss to press the pillow Of a cottage-chamber bed And lie listening to the patter Of the soft rain overhead! (a) What does ‘humid shadow’ mean here? (b) How does the poet describe the falling of rain? (c) What is the figure of speech present in ‘melancholy darkness’. (d) Write the rhyme scheme of given stanza.

Answer 1

1. humid shadow is clouds
2. he describes the falling rain as a soft patter
3. metaphor
4. aabb

Answer 2

The questions have been asked from the story Rain On The Roof.

The correct answers are -

a. Humd shadows mean the shadows of various things which, during the rainy season, become wet.

b. The poet has described falling rain as something which brings immense pleasure to him. The warm memories of his childhood in his heart evaporate as he hears the pattering of rain drops.

c. The figure of speech is the metaphor.

d. The rhyme scheme of the stanza is aabb.