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Rain On The Roofs

The poem describes the poet's feelings and memories when it rains. When it rains, the poet enjoys lying in his cottage listening to the sound of the rain on the roof. This triggers memories of his childhood, particularly of his mother putting him and his siblings to sleep. While the poet is now grown, he fondly remembers his mother and siblings from his past. The rain and the sound it makes evokes both happiness in the present and nostalgia for his childhood.

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Rain On The Roofs

The poem describes the poet's feelings and memories when it rains. When it rains, the poet enjoys lying in his cottage listening to the sound of the rain on the roof. This triggers memories of his childhood, particularly of his mother putting him and his siblings to sleep. While the poet is now grown, he fondly remembers his mother and siblings from his past. The rain and the sound it makes evokes both happiness in the present and nostalgia for his childhood.

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Rain On The Roof

I. 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

Ans: 1. (i) “Humid shadows” refer to the dark clouds that produce rain.
(ii) “Starry spheres” refer to the night sky abounding in stars.
(iii) “What a bliss” refers to the happiness of the poet. When it rains poet gets into his
cottage and enjoy the patter of rain upon the roof.
(iv) This refers to the various imaginary thoughts and fantasies that are aroused in the
poet’s mind.
(v) This phrase means that numerous memories intermingle to form a beautiful picture
that the poet recollects.

2. What does the poet like to do when it rains?

Ans: When it rains, the poet feels delighted to lie with his head pressed against the
pillow of his cottage chamber bed and listen to the patter of the soft rain.

3. What is the single major memory that comes to the poet? Who are the “darling
dreamers” he refers to?

Ans: The single major memory that comes to the poet is that of his mother and her fond
look.
The “darling dreamers” are the poet and his siblings in their childhood when they were
lovingly put to sleep by their mother.

4. Is the poet now a child? Is his mother still alive?

Ans: No, the poet is not a child now.He is a grown up man. He remembers her when he
is inside his cosy cottage and enjoy the pattern of rain on the roof.

II.- Q – 1,2,3 DO IT AS HOMEWORK


. TRANSFERRED EPITHET-STANZA-1 When the humid shadows hover the ‘humid’
property of the clouds is transferred to ‘shadows’
METAPHOR- STANZA 1 LINE1-When the humid shadows hover the word ‘shadows’
actually means ‘clouds’
STANZA-2 LINES13-14 The poet compares his memories to a fabric that is being
woven with many coloured threads together
STANZA-3 LINE 18 –To regard her darling dreamers
REFRAIN- A PHRASE, VERSE OR GROUP OF VERSES REPEATED THROUGHOUT
A SONG OR POEM ESPECIALLY AT THE END OF EACH STANZA.
AT THE END OF EACH STANZA THE ‘PATTER’ OF THE RAIN IS REPEATED
COPY THESE POETIC DEVICE IN THE TEXT

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