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The voice of the rain
Chapter: 3
TEXTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
I. THINK IT OUT
1. There are two voices in the poem. Who do they belong to? Which lines indicate this?
Ans. There are two voices in the poem. One belongs to the poet who speaks to us. The other is the voice of the rain that is heard by the poet.
The lines that indicate the voice of the poet and the rain are, “And who art thou? Said I to the soft-falling shower,” and the lines that indicate the voice of the rain are, “I am the Poem of Earth, said the voice of the rain”.
2. What does the phrase “strange to tell” mean?
Ans. “Strange to tell” means that it is quite strange for the poet to believe and express in words that the rain gives an answer to the poet’s query.
3. There is a parallel drawn between rain and music ‘song’. Which words indicate this ? Explain the similarity between the two.
Ans. Words like ‘poem’, ‘soft-falling shower’, ‘voice of the rain’ and ‘song’ indicate the parallelism drawn between music and rain.
In these lines, the poet draws similarities between rain and music observing that the life-cycle of rain and song are alike. The song issues from the heart of the poet and travels to reach others. Rain describes itself as a lyrical composition of the earth having a melody of its own. The ‘soft-falling shower’ has a musical rhythm to soothe and comfort life on earth. Both are perpetual in nature. Moreover, the sound of the soft-falling rain is in itself a kind of music.
4. How is the cyclic movement of rain brought out in the poem ? Compare it with what you have learnt in science.
Ans. The poet’s description of the cyclic movement of rain is scientifically true. The rain told the poet that she cannot be touched as she rises in the form of water vapour in the sky from the land and the bottomless sea. It changes its shape yet it remains the same. The vapour changes into clouds due to condensation.Thus, the cycle is poetically and scientifically complete.
5. Why are the last two lines put within brackets?
Ans. The last two lines have been bracketed because they are not part of the conversation between rain and Poet.The lines in the bracket indicate the reflections, observations and thoughts of the poet.
6. List the pairs of opposites found in the poem.
Ans. Some pairs of opposites in the poem are:
(i) rise and descend.
(ii) lave and drought.
(iii) day and night.
(iv) Upward to heaven and the bottomless sea.
(v) Reck’d and unreck’d.
(vi) altogether changed and yet the same.
II. Notice the following sentence patterns:
1. And who art thou ? said I to the soft-falling shower.
2. I am the Poem of Earth, said the voice of the rain.
3. Eternal I rise.
4. For song…..duly with love returns.
Rewrite the above sentences in prose
Ans. 1. I asked the softly falling rain who.it was.
2. The voice of the rain replied that it was the poetical creation.
3. I make a perpetual upward movement to the skies.
4. The song of the rain after wandering from land to sky,. returns to the earth in due time with love, regardless of
anyone noticing or heäring it.
III. Look for some more poems on the rain and see how this one is different from them.
Ans. [Please note : Students will gather material to answer this]
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1. What does the poet ask the rain?
Ans:- In the poem, the poet asks the soft-falling shower, ‘Who are you?
2. Did the rain reply to the poet? What did she reply?
Ans:- Yes, according to the poet rain reply to him. She replies that she is the poem of earth.
3. What does the rain give back to her origin?
Ans:- The rain told the poet that she cannot be touched as she rises in the form of water vapour in the sky from the land and the bottomless sea. It changes its shape yet it remains the same. The vapour changes into clouds due to condensation.
4. What happens when the rain falls on dry land?
Ans:- It falls back on the surface of the earth to provide water to the drought-prone areas and to beautify and purify the earth. It provides life to the seeds inside the earth and helps them grow.
5. What did the rain call itself? And why?
Ans:- The rain called itself, she is the poem of earth.The rain calls itself the Poem of the Earth because the poem rendered by the poet has the task of bringing joy, happiness, life to its readers.
6. How does the rain help the seeds?
Ans:- The rain helps the seeds to germinate and grow into a new life. Rain provides the necessary water for the seeds to germinate.
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