CBSE 9th English- Beehive

Rain On The Roof (poem)

Thinking about the poem

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

  1. humid shadows
  2. starry spheres
  3. what a bliss
  4. a thousand dreamy fancies into busy being start
  5. a thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof

Answer:

  1. Humid shadows: These are the shadows of different things which become wet during the rainy season.
  2. Starry spheres: The area where stars appear in a group in the sky.
  3. What a bliss: The poet feels happy when he listens to the rain drops.
  4. A thousand dreamy fancies into busy being start: The poet starts recollecting the past and finds himself lost in reveries and dreams in the rainy weather.
  5. A thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof: The poet recollects hundreds of memories in the rainy season. They weave a weft with the help of air-threads.

Question 2.What does the poet like to do when it rains?Answer:When it rains the poet wants to lie on bed in a cottage and listen to pitter-patter sound of the rain.

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