English IX - Chapter No.13 - Reference To Context (Poem Section)

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Rain In Summer

Text Book Name: Secondary Stage English Book One For Class IX

Explain With Reference To Context (Poem)

How beautiful is the rain!
After the dust and heat,
In the broad and fiery street,
In the narrow lane,
How beautiful is the rain!
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(ii)
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Ans:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)

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Stanza No.2

How it clatters along the roofs,
Like the tramp of hoofs
How it gushes and struggles out
From the throat of the overflowing spout! 
(i) Name the poem and the poet / poetess.
(ii) Why the poet / poetess says, " it clatters along the roofs,"?
(iii) What does the poet / poetess mean by saying, "How it gushes and struggles out"?
Ans:
(i) This stanza is taken from the poem "Rain In Summer", which is written by the American poet Henry Longfellow or H.W. Longfellow.
(ii) The poet compares the rain with the hoofs of the horses, to give us an image of the rhythm and sound of the raindrops on the roof.
(iii) Gushes means 'Flows with force' and struggle out means come out with efforts'.  The poet means the same that when it rains the rainy water begins to flow to the slope rapidly.  It flows like a stream making a loud noise.

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Across the window-pane
It pours and pours;
And swift and wide,
With a muddy tide,
Like a river down the gutter roars
The rain, the welcome rain!
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(ii)
(iii)
Ans:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)