Rain On The Roof
Chapter -3
Thinking about the Poem
I. 1. What do the following phrases mean to you? Discuss in class.
(āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻিāϤ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝাংāĻļāĻŦোā§°ে āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻি āĻŦুāĻাāϝ়? āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϤ āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻā§°āĻ)
(i) humid shadows
(āĻā§°্āĻĻ্ā§° āĻাঁ)
Ans- The dark clouds that produce rain are referred to as "humid shadows." Starry Spheres. "Starry spheres" refers to the star-studded night sky.
(ii) starry spheres
(āϤাā§°āĻাāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻোāϞāĻ)
Ans- The dark clouds that produce rain are referred to as "humid shadows." Starry Spheres. "Starry spheres" refers to the star-studded night sky.
(iii) what a bliss
(āĻি āĻāύāύ্āĻĻ)
Ans- “What a bliss” refers to the happiness of the poet. When it rains poet gets into his cottage and enjoy the patter of rain upon the roof.
(iv) a thousand dreamy fancies into busy being start
(āĻŦ্āϝāϏ্āϤ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻāĻŖিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻ āĻšাāĻাā§° āϏāĻĒোāύ⧰ āĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা)
Ans- It refers to the several thoughts and fantasies that surround the poet when he listens to the patter of the rain.
(v) a thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof
(āĻāĻšেāĻাā§° āϏ্āĻŽā§°āĻŖে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻŦাāϝ়ু-āϏূāϤাāĻŦোā§° āĻঁāĻাāϞāϤ āĻŦুāύে)
Ans- a thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof- it means that poet feels as if his old memories are being woven in front of him.
2. What does the poet like to do when it rains?
(āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ āĻš'āϞে āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻি āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ে)
Ans- When it rains, the poet enjoys lying in his rustic chamber bed with his head tucked against the pillow and listening to the quiet rain patter.
3. 0..
(āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻāĻā§°āϞৈ āĻ āĻšা āĻāĻāĻ āĻŽুāĻ্āϝ āϏ্āĻŽৃāϤি āĻি? āϤেāĻঁ āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°া "āĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ় āϏ্āĻŦāĻĒ্āύāĻĻā§°্āĻļী" āĻোāύ)
Ans-
4. Is the poet now a child? Is his mother still alive?
(āĻāĻŦিāĻāϤিāϝ়া āĻļিāĻļু āύেāĻি? āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŽাāĻ āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻীāϝ়াāĻ āĻāĻে āύেāĻি)
Ans- No, the poet is not a child. His mother is no more. But her memories still haunt him.
II. 1. When you were a young child, did your mother tuck you in, as the poet's did?
(āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻāĻĒুāύি āϏ⧰ু āĻāĻিāϞ, āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŽাāϝ়ে āĻāĻĒোāύাāĻ āϏোāĻŽাāĻ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ āύেāĻি, āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻĻā§°ে)
Ans- Yes, my mother used to tuck me in when I was a child. Whenever I said that I could not do some work, she embraced me and took me in her lap to get that work done. She used to feel sad and dejected if I was involved in any mishap.
2. Do you like rain? What do you do when it rains steadily or heavily as described in the poem?
(āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāϝ় āύেāĻি? āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোāϤ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°া āĻ āύুāϏ⧰ি āĻ্ā§°āĻŽাāύ্āĻŦāϝ়ে āĻŦা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻুā§° āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ āĻš'āϞে āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻি āĻā§°ে)
Ans- Yes, I like rain and prefer to take a bath in the rain for some time. But when it rains heavily, I stay inside and enjoy the beauty of nature.
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.
(āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ āĻš'āϞে āϏāĻāϞোā§°ে āĻļুāĻŦāϞৈ āĻā§°াāĻŽāĻĻাāϝ়āĻ āĻŦিāĻāύা āĻāĻে āύেāĻি? āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻাā§°িāĻāĻĢাāϞে āĻাāĻঁāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°āĻ āĻেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাā§°ā§° āϞোāĻ āĻŦা āĻāύ্āϤুā§ąে āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻ āϤিāĻŦাāĻšিāϤ āĻā§°ে, āĻāĻļ্ā§°āϝ় āĻŦিāĻাā§°ে āĻāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি।)
Ans- No everybody is not fortunate enough to have a cosy bed to lie in when it rains. Not everybody gets to enjoy the comfort of cosy homes during rain. I have seen animals seeking shelter under trees and under the tin roofs of the small roadside tea stalls.
Question Type By- Maiur Rani Kashyap
Post ID:DABP002084