The Voice of the Rain by Walt Whitman
1. There are two voices in the poem. Who do they belong to? Which lines indicate this?
Ans:- The two voices that are engaged in a conversation in the poem belong to the poet and the rain.
The opening line 'Who are thou ?'is uttered by the poet and the answer in response 'I am the Poem of Earth ' is given by the personified voice of the rain.
2. What does the phrase “strange to tell” mean?
Ans:- The poet is surprised at the response given by the soft-falling rain. It is really strange and difficult for him to believe that rain can respond to his question.
3. There is a parallel drawn between rain and music. Which words indicate this? Explain the similarity between the two.
Ans:- The lines ‘For the song, issuing from its birth-place, after fulfillment, wandering Reck’d or unreck’d, duly with love returns’ draws a parallel between rain and music. Comparison is made between the life-cycle of the rain and the song. Just like a song that originates from the heart of a singer crossing all the barriers of love and hatred and finally comes back to its birth-place with lots of love, so does the voice of the rain. The rain that originates from earth (birth-place), comes back with love for its creator,after completing its duty of purifying and nourishing.
4. How is the cyclic movement of rain brought out in the poem? HS-2015, 2017
Ans:- Water takes the form of vapours when it starts its upward journey from the bottomless seas and oceans. Thereafter it gets transformed into clouds through the process of condensation. It comes down to the earth in the form of rain to nourish the drought-affected areas and help in the process of germination of seeds. The rain purifies and beautifies the earth. Thus it completes its cyclical movement.
5. Why are the last two lines put within brackets?
Ans:- The last two lines are put within the bracket because they are the observations made by the poet and his thoughts. He found a similarity between the rain and the music.
6. List the pairs of opposites found in the poem.
Ans:- 1. Day - Night
2. Reck’d - Unreck’d
3. Rise - Descend
7."And who are 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". HS-2016
(i) Where do these lines occur?
Ans:- The two voices that are engaged in a conversation in the poem belong to the poet and the rain.
The opening line 'Who are thou ?'is uttered by the poet and the answer in response 'I am the Poem of Earth ' is given by the personified voice of the rain.
2. What does the phrase “strange to tell” mean?
Ans:- The poet is surprised at the response given by the soft-falling rain. It is really strange and difficult for him to believe that rain can respond to his question.
3. There is a parallel drawn between rain and music. Which words indicate this? Explain the similarity between the two.
Ans:- The lines ‘For the song, issuing from its birth-place, after fulfillment, wandering Reck’d or unreck’d, duly with love returns’ draws a parallel between rain and music. Comparison is made between the life-cycle of the rain and the song. Just like a song that originates from the heart of a singer crossing all the barriers of love and hatred and finally comes back to its birth-place with lots of love, so does the voice of the rain. The rain that originates from earth (birth-place), comes back with love for its creator,after completing its duty of purifying and nourishing.
4. How is the cyclic movement of rain brought out in the poem? HS-2015, 2017
Ans:- Water takes the form of vapours when it starts its upward journey from the bottomless seas and oceans. Thereafter it gets transformed into clouds through the process of condensation. It comes down to the earth in the form of rain to nourish the drought-affected areas and help in the process of germination of seeds. The rain purifies and beautifies the earth. Thus it completes its cyclical movement.
5. Why are the last two lines put within brackets?
Ans:- The last two lines are put within the bracket because they are the observations made by the poet and his thoughts. He found a similarity between the rain and the music.
6. List the pairs of opposites found in the poem.
Ans:- 1. Day - Night
2. Reck’d - Unreck’d
3. Rise - Descend
7."And who are 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". HS-2016
(i) Where do these lines occur?
Ans:- (i) These lines occur in the poem 'The Voice of the Rain' written by Walt Whitman.
(ii) How does the shower fall?
(ii) How does the shower fall?
Ans:- (ii) The shower falls slowly with softness.
(iii) Where does the rain rise from?
Ans:- (iii) The rain rises from the water of seas, oceans ,rivers and from different parts of the Earth where there is water.
(iv) Find a word in the passage that refers to something that cannot be touched"
Ans:- (iv) Impalpable.
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(iv) Find a word in the passage that refers to something that cannot be touched"
Ans:- (iv) Impalpable.
Syllabus of Class 11 English
Prose
1. The Portrait of a Lady by Khushwant Singh
2. Landscape of the soul
3. The Ailing Planet
4. My impression of Assam
Poem
5. A Photograph by Shirley Toulson
6. The Voice of the Rain by Walt Whitman
7. Childhood
8. Father to son
Supplimentary - Short Stories
Mr. Rupjyoti Goswami
Post Graduate Teacher (English)
Bhogeswar Hazarika Girls' Higher Secondary School, Bebejia, Nagaon, Assam.
Email: rupjyotigoswami983@gmail.com
Mobile: 9864425896.
Contact us (whatsapp no-7020477396) for free notes on English, Political Science, Logic & Philosophy, MIL Assamese, Advanced Assamese, Swadesh Adhyayan, Economics, Education, History.
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