RAIN ON THE ROOF-PracticeQuestions_9C

INDIAN SCHOOL AL MAABELA (ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFIED INSTITUTION) DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH PRACTICE QUESTIONS Rain on the Roof Coates Kinney Questions and Answers: 1. What were the memories recollected by the poet about his mother? ANS: The raindrops brought the memories of the past and the poet recollects the thoughts of his loving mother. He remembers the care she took to protect them from cold and her caring look on him and his siblings before she left the room. 2. Describe the weather just before the rain starts. ANS: As described by the poet, the weather before the rain is humid. It is dark and the starry night sky is covered by thick clouds full of water just before it begins to rain. 3. What are the effects of the rainy day on the poet? ANS: The poet’s heart and mind react strongly to the sound of the rain falling on the roof. He is in a blissful mood as he enjoys the comfort of his bedroom, leisurely listening to the music of the rain. The music stirs a corresponding echo in the heart of the poet. His heartbeat responds to the sound of the rain by its rhythmic throbbing. He gets engrossed in fanciful, dreamy thoughts. Moreover, the rain awakens many memories of the past. Particularly, it revives the memory of his mother as she looked at her children very affectionately before she went to sleep in her room. Q.4 When do the ‘thousand dreamy fancies’ begin to weave in the poet’s mind? What are these fancies? ANS: The patter of soft rain on the roof echoes in the heart of the poet. The tinkling sound of the raindrops on the roof starts a thousand dreamy fancies. Whenever it rains heavily, the poet lies on bed inside his cottage and listens to and enjoys the pleasant pitter-patter sound of raindrops falling on his cottage roof. It is then when thousand dreamy fancies begin to weave their air threads in the poet’s heart as he recollects the sweet memories of his beloved mother.

5. How is the rain a bliss for the poet? Describe. ANS: When the poet hears the pattering of rain drops, the sweet memories of his childhood evaporate in his heart. He becomes nostalgic and remembers his mother. Hence, the poet thinks that it is blissful to lie in his cosy bed with his head on the pillow and listen to the sound of rain falling on the shingles of the roof. He enjoys the music of nature which arouses fantasies and memories in his mind. In the poem, the poet describes the rain to have descended from the heaven as if been delivered to the nature by the hands of God.