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| Falling rain |
Stanza 1
And who art thou?
Said I to the soft-falling shower,
Which, strange to tell, gave me an answer, as here translated
I am the Poem of Earth, said the voice of the rain,
Eternal I rise impalpable out of the land and the bottomless sea,
Q. Read the above stanza carefully and answer the questions given below :
(1) Name the poem in which these lines taken. Who has written the poem?
(2) How is the rain falling?
(3) Identify the two speakers in the stanza.
(4) What appears strange to whom?
(5) what is the poem of the earth?
(6) How is the rain formed?
(7) How does the rain remain the same?
Ans. 1
These lines appears in the poem "The Voice of Rain" Walt Whitman has written this poem.
Ans. 2
The rain is falling gently and softly.
Ans. 3
The first speaker in this stanza is the poet himself. The second speaker is the rain.
Ans. 4
It appears strange to the poet that the soft falling rain gave him the answer
Ans.5
The rain is the poem of the earth.
Ans. 6
The rain is formed out of the land and the deep seas. It rises upward to the sky where it takes vague shape and falls to the earth.
Ans. 7
After evaporation, it rises upward and takes the shape of clouds. It transforms completely , yet its properties are the same. It only changes it's appearance.
After transforming in water drops, it starts downward to bath and refresh earth and its own origin.
Stanza 2
Upward to heaven, whence, vaguely form'd,
altogether changed, and yet the same,
I descend to lave the droughts, atomies, dust-layers of the globe
And all that in them without me
were seeds only, latent unborn;
Q. Read the above stanza carefully and answer the questions given below :
A) . Name the poem and the poet.
B). Who speaks these lines?
C). Where is the rain formed and how?
D) Where does it descend? What does it do there?
(E) What will happen to the seeds without rain?
F). Find words in the stanza which mean the same as:
(a) hidden up
(b) wash, bathe
Ans. A
The name of the poem is The Voice of the Rain and the poet is Walt Whitman.
Ans. B
The rain speaks these lines .
Ans.C
The rain is formed out of the land and the sea in the form of water vapours. It is completely changed in the sky.
Ans. D
It descends to the earth. It removes droughts and washes dust layers from the surface.
Ans. E
Seed will remain hidden unborn without the rain.
Ans. F
The words are
a) latent
b) lave
Stanza 3.
And forever, by day and night,
I give back life to my own origin,
And make pure and beautify it,
[For song, issuing from its birth-place, after fulfilment, wandering
Reck'd or unreck'd, duly with love returns.]
Q. Read the above stanza carefully and answer the questions given below :
Q. (i) What does the rain do day and night?
Q(ii) What happens to a song when it issues from its origin?
Q (iii) Where does the song return?
Q (iv) How does it purify and beautify it?
Q (v) How does, a song have its fulfilment?
Ans.i
The rain day and night, gives back life to its origin, the earth and purifies and beautifies it.
Ans. ii
The song after issuing from its birth place, fulfills itself. Then it wanders and returns to its origin with love appreciation.
Ans.iii
It returns to its origin , the poet.
Ans.iv
It removes droughts and dust layers from the surface of the earth. The seeds germinate and grow after rain. The earth looks fresh and pure
Ans. v
When a musician prepare music , it spreads all over the world. People started appreciating it. After some time, it returns to the its creator. Thus it has its fulfillment.
Some Important Examination Questions
Q. 1. There are two voices in the poem. Who do they belong to? Which lines indicate this ?
Ans. The first voice belongs to the poet The first two lines indicates this e.g 'Who art thou?'
The second voice is that of the rain. This voice starts from the third line of the poem e.g 'I am the poem of Earth.'
Q. 2. What does the phrase "strange to tell" mean?
Ans.
The poem asked the rain who she was. It is
"strange to tell" that the rain gave an answer.
Q. 3. There is a parallel drawn between rain and music. Which words indicate this? Explain the similarity between the two.
Ans.
In the third line of the poem, the rain says "I am the Poem of Earth." It means that rain is the music of earth. The last two lines of the poem :
For song. issuing from its birthplace, after fulfilment, wandering
Reck'd or unreck'd, duly with love returns.
make this parallel very clear. The song and rain, start their journey from their respective origins, fulfill their purpose and return to their respective birth places. The rain makes the earth pure and beautiful while music makes life pure and beautiful.
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Q.4 How is the cyclic movement of rain brought out in the poem? Compare it with what you have learnt in science.
Ans.
In the poem, the poet says that rain originates out of land and the sea. She rises unseen and untouched to the sky. She is changed there completely into clouds and falls back to land and the sea in the form of water. It washes the dry land and the plants and helps seeds to grow.
We also learn in science that water vapours are formed on the land and surface of the sea. They rise from there into the sky where clouds are formed. Then it rains on land. The water returns to the sea.
Q 5.
What does the rain do to the earth when it fails down on the earth?
Ans:
The rain on falling down to the earth finishes droughts and dust layers from the atmosphere of the earth. She washes every thing and every atom on earth. She gives life to the seeds. They grow into plants. Without the rain, they would remain seeds, hidden and unseen underground. Rain gives life to them. She purifies and beautifies everything on the earth. In short, the rain gives life to the earth, its own origin.
Q 6
What is the intention of the poet in the poem?
Ans. :
The poet here seems to say that the rain has a voice of its own. She is as soft and soothing as the music. Just as music refreshes everybody, so the rain refreshes everything on the earth. She is life giving, purifying and beautifying.
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