Rain on the Roof

 

              Rain on the Roof 

1. What do the following phrases means to you? Discuss in class.

i. humid shadows

ii. starry spheres

iii. what a bless

iv. a thousand dreamy fancies into busy being start 

v. a thousand collections with their air-threads

Answers:

i. The phrase, humid shadows, refers to the dark clouds that are full of moisture.

ii. Starry spheres refers to the sky where stars twinkle during the night.

iii. The phrase, what a bliss, refers to the happiness the poet gets when he listens to the sound of the rain upon the roof.

iv. A thousand dreamy fancies into busy being refers to his thoughts and imaginations that surround him when he listens to the soft rain on the roof.

v. A thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof refers to the past memories that appear to him being woven as threads across the loom.

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

Ans- The poet likes to press the pillow with his head lying on his cosy bed of cottage, and listens to the sound of the soft rain falling on the roof of his house.

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 of his mother, and her fond look on him.

The darling dreamers refers to the poet and his siblings.

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

Ans- Now the poet is not a child. His mother is not alive now.