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How beautiful is the rain!
āĻিāĻŽাāύ āϧুāύীāϝ়া āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ!
After the dust and heat,
āϧূāϞি āĻā§°ু āĻā§°āĻŽā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ,
In the broad dust and fiery street,
āĻŦāĻšāϞ āϧূāϞি āĻā§°ু āĻ āĻ্āύিāĻŽāϝ় āĻāϞিāĻোāϤ,
In the narrow lane,
āϏংāĻীā§°্āĻŖ āϞেāύāϤ,
How beautiful is the rain!
āĻিāĻŽাāύ āϧুāύীāϝ়া āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ!
How it clatters along the roofs,
āĻ āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻাāϞ⧰ āĻাāώāϤ āĻāĻāĻāĻী āĻā§°ে,
Like the tramp of hoofs!
āĻুā§°াā§° āĻ্ā§°েāĻŽ্āĻĒā§° āĻĻā§°ে!
How it gushes and struggles out
āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻ āĻুāĻ āĻā§°ে āĻā§°ু āώ্āĻ্ā§°āĻāϞ āĻāĻāĻ āĻā§°ে
From the throat of the overflowing spout!
āĻāĻĢāύ্āĻĻি āĻāĻ া āĻোāĻĒোāϞাāĻোā§° āĻĄিāĻিā§° āĻĒā§°া!
Across the window - pane
āĻāĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ'ā§° āϏিāĻĒাā§°ে - āĻĒেāύ
It pours and pours;
And swift and wide,
āĻā§°ু āĻĻ্ā§°ুāϤ āĻā§°ু āĻŦāĻšāϞ,
With a muddy tide,
āĻŦোāĻাāĻŽāϝ় āĻোā§ąাā§°ā§° āϏৈāϤে,
Like a river down the gutter roars
āϝেāύেāĻৈ āύাāϞাā§° āϤāϞāϞৈ āύāĻĻী āĻāĻāύে āĻā§°্āĻāύ āĻā§°ে
The rain, the welcome rain!
āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ, āĻāĻĻā§°āĻŖীāϝ় āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ!
Word note:
fiery - like fire (hot and bright)
āĻ্āĻŦāϞāύ্āϤ - āϝেāύে āĻুāĻ (āĻā§°āĻŽ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻ্āĻ্āĻŦāϞ)
clatters - makes a loud noise
āĻুāĻি āϝাāϝ় - āĻšāĻ াāϤে āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϞৈ āĻāϞাāĻ āϝাāϝ়
spout - an opening of a pipe or vessel from which liquid comes outpane - sheet of glass in a window
āĻĒেāĻāύ - āĻিā§°িāĻী āĻāĻāύāϤ āĻাঁāĻā§° āĻļ্āĻŦীāĻ।
āύāϞা - āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻেāύেāϞ
Answer the following questions in a
sentence or two .
āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিā§া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ⧰ āĻāĻা āĻŦা āĻĻুāĻা āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāϤ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিā§া৷
1. How does the poet describe the rain ?
(āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖāĻ āĻেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻে ?
Ans: The poet described rain as beautiful.
āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ āĻ
āϤি āϏৌāύ্āĻĻā§°্āϝāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻŦুāϞি āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻে৷
2. What is the sound of the rain falling on
the roofs like?
(āĻā§°ā§° āĻাāϞāϤ āĻĒā§°া āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻ āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻিāĻšā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻŦুāϞি āĻৈāĻে?
(a) the bleat of the sheep.
(āĻেā§াā§° āĻŽাāϤ⧰ āĻĻā§°ে)
(b) the sound made by the feet of running horses
(āĻোঁā§°াā§° āĻĻৌā§°ā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻĻā§°ে)
(c) the marching of soldiers
(āϏৈāύিāĻā§° āĻুāĻāĻাā§ąাāĻā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§°
āĻĻā§°ে)
Ans: The sound of the rain falling on the roofs like the sound made by the feet of running horses.
(āĻā§°ā§° āĻাāϞāϤ āĻĒā§°া āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻ
āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻোঁā§°াā§° āĻĻৌā§°ā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻŦুāϞি āĻৈāĻে৷)
3. How does the rain water come out of the
spout of the pipe?
(āύāϞীā§° āĻŽূāĻেā§°ে āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖā§° āĻĒাāύী āĻেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻāϞাāĻ āĻāĻšে?)
Ans: The rain water gushes and struggles to
come out from the throat of the spout of the pipe.
(āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖā§° āĻĒাāύী āύāϞীā§° āĻŽূāĻেā§°ে āĻāϞাāĻ āĻāĻšোঁāϤে āύāϞীā§° āĻĄিāĻিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻ
āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻā§°āĻৈ āĻāϞাāĻ
āĻāĻšিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°াā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻ
ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨাā§° āϏৃāώ্āĻি āĻšā§৷)
4. Which words or phrases help you
understand that it is a heavy rain?
(āĻোāύāĻŦোā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦা āĻŦাāĻ্āϝাংāĻļāĻ āϤোāĻŽাāĻ āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖāĻাāĻ āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻāĻিāϞ āĻŦুāϞি āĻŦুāĻি āĻĒোā§ąাāϤ āϏāĻšাā§ āĻā§°িāϞে ?
Ans: Phrares like 'pours and pours (āύিā§°āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻাā§ąে āĻŦৈ āĻĨāĻা', 'swift and wide' (āĻā§° āĻā§°ু āĻŦāĻšāϞ) means that it is a heavy rain.
II. Read the poem once more and answer the
following.
(āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻো āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻāĻŦাā§° āĻĒā§া āĻā§°ু āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিā§া āϏāĻŽুāĻšā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিā§া।
1. 'Heat' rhymes with 'street'. What are the other rhyming pairs you find in the poem?
(heat āĻā§°ু street āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻāύ্āĻĻ āĻāĻেāĻ৷ āĻāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻāĻেāĻ āĻāύ্āĻĻāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻ āύ্āϝ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻিā§° āĻĒā§°ি āĻŦাāĻি āĻāϞিāĻā§ąা৷)
Ans: Lane: rain
Roofs: hoofs
Out: spout
Pour: roar
Wide: tide
2. "It clatters along the roofs like the tramp of hoofs". It is a simile. Can you find another simile in the poem?
("It clatters along the roofs like the tramp of hoofs" āĻāĻāĻো āĻāĻা āĻāĻĒāĻŽা৷āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻিāϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻāύেāϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻā§°ু āĻāĻা āĻāĻĒāĻŽা āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻāϞিāĻā§ąা)
Ans: 'Like a river down the gutter roars'.
3. Can you recall a nursery rhyme about rain, that you have learnt as a child ? How is this poem different from that?
(āϏ⧰ুāϤে āĻĒā§া āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖā§° āĻŦিāώā§āĻ āĻāĻŦিāϤা āĻŽāύāϤ āĻāĻেāύে?āϏেāĻāĻো āĻā§°ু āĻāϤিā§াā§° āĻāĻ āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻি āĻĒাā§°্āĻĨāĻ্āϝ āĻāĻে?)
Ans: One of the nursery poems about rain is the poem 'Rain Rain Go Away; come again anotherday'
(āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ āĻŦিāώā§āĻ āĻāĻŦিāϤাāϏāĻŽূāĻšā§°
āĻŽাāĻā§° āĻāĻা āĻāĻŦিāϤা āĻš’āϞ 'Rain Rain Go Away; come again another day')
In the nursery rhyme the poet asks rain to go away. There rain creats trouble because the family cannot play outside in thr rain. But the above poem is different from the nursery rhyme because here poet says that rain is beautiful and he appreciates the benefits that rain carry with it.
(āĻĒুā§°্āĻŦā§° āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোāϤ āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖāĻ āĻāĻāϤি āϝাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻৈāĻে৷ āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĒā§°িā§াāϞāĻোā§ąে āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϤ
āĻেāϞিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ
āϏুāĻŦিāϧাā§° āϏৃāώ্āĻি āĻā§°িāĻে৷ āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāĻŦিāϤা āĻĻুāĻাā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻĒাā§°্āĻĨāĻ্āϝ āĻšৈāĻে āϝে āĻāĻ্āϤ
āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোāϤ āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖāĻ āĻুāĻŦ āϏুāύ্āĻĻā§° āĻŦুāϞি āĻৈāĻে āĻā§°ু āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻšোā§ąা āĻাāĻŽāϏāĻŽুāĻšā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļংāϏা
āĻā§°িāĻে৷)
Word meaning:
Dust- āϧূāϞি।
Heat- āϤাāĻĒ।
Broad- āĻŦāĻšāϞ।
Fiery- āĻ āĻ্āύিāĻŽā§।
Street- ā§°াāϏ্āϤা।
Narrow- āĻ েāĻ।
Clatters- āĻāĻāĻāĻী।
Roof- āĻাāĻĻ।
Hoof- āĻুā§°া।
Struggle- āϏংāĻ্ā§°াāĻŽ।
Throat- āύেāϞু।
Overflowing- āĻāĻĢāύ্āĻĻি āĻĨāĻা।
Across- āϏিāĻĒাā§°।
Pour- āĻĸাāϞি āĻĻিā§া।
Wide- āĻŦāĻšāϞ।
Muddy- āĻŦোāĻাāĻŽā§।
Tide- āĻāĻĢা।
Gutter- āύāϞা।
Roars- āĻā§°্āĻāύ।
Word meaning by- Punya Hazarika.
Himadri Borah
Check: Himashree Bora.(Date: 08-06-2022)