Beehive Rain On The Roof English Class 9 solutions

        Rain on the Roof

Thinking about the poem

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

(i) humid shadows

Answer:

    Humid shadow refer to the dark clouds that produce rain.

(ii) Starry spheres 

Answer:

    Starry spheres refers to happiness of the poet . When it rains poet gets into his cottage and enjoy the pattern of rain upon the roof.

( iii) What a bliss

Answer:

    What a bliss refers to the night sky abounding in stars.

(iv) A thousand dream fancies into busy being start.

Answer:

     A thousand dream fancies into you busy being start means various imaginary thoughts and fantasies that are are roused in the poet's mind.

(v) A thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof.

Answer:

    A thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof means that numerous memories intermingle to form a beautiful picture that the poet recollects.

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

Answer:

    When it rains, the poet feels delighted to lie with his head pressed against the pillow of his cottage chamber bed and listen to the pattern of the  soft rain.

3. What is the single major memory that comes to poet? Who are the "darling dreamers" he refers to?

Answer:

    The single major memory that comes to poet it is that of his mother and found look." Darling dreams"are the poet and his siblings in their childhood when they wear loving put to sleep by their mother.

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

Answer:

    The poet is not child now. He is a grown up man. He remembers her when he he is inside his cottage and enjoy the pattern of rain.

II.1. When you were a young child, did your mother tuck you in, as the poet's did? 

Answer :

    Yes, my mother used to tuck me in I when I was a young child, just like the poet's mother did.

2. Do you like rain? What do you do when it rains steadily or heavily as described in the poem? 

Answer:

    Yes, I like rain when it rains steadily I get into my house and enjoy the weather with my family with a cup of tea and some snacks. It is wonderful experience and a good time to spend time with family.

3. Does everybody have a cosy bed to lie in when it rains? Look around you and describe how different kinds of people or animals spend time. Seek shelter etc. During rain.

Answer:    

    No, not everyone is fortunate enough to have a cosy bed to lie in when it rains. There are many slum dwellers, beggars and the homeless people who look for a dry spot to rest their heads. They take shelter at the railway platforms, bus terminals, under the bridges, inside the under-construction buildings, etc. Some of them cover their small huts with plastic sheets to prevent the rainwater enter their shelters. We can often see animals seeking shelter under trees and the tin roofs of the small roadside shops. Birds try to find shelter on the parapets and windows of buildings.

(NOTE:-ANSWERS OF ABOVE 3 QUESTION STUDENTS SHOULD WRITE BY THEIR OWN.)