Rain On The Roof 

Chapter -3

Thinking about the Poem  

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

(āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻ–িāϤ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝাংāĻļāĻŦোā§°ে āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ•ি āĻŦুāϜাāϝ়? āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϤ āφāϞোāϚāύা āϕ⧰āĻ•)

(i) humid shadows 

(āφ⧰্āĻĻ্ā§° āĻ›াঁ)

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§°āĻ•াāϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻ—োāϞāĻ•)

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 

(āĻ•ি āφāύāύ্āĻĻ)

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 āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­āĻŖিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻ• āĻšাāϜাā§° āϏāĻĒোāύ⧰ āĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা)

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 

(āĻāĻšেāϜাā§° āϏ্āĻŽā§°āĻŖে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻŦাāϝ়ু-āϏূāϤাāĻŦোā§° āĻ•ঁāĻ•াāϞāϤ 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 āĻ•āĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻ•ি āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ে)

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.. 

(āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻ“āϚ⧰āϞৈ āĻ…āĻšা āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻŽুāĻ–্āϝ āϏ্āĻŽৃāϤি āĻ•ি? āϤেāĻ“ঁ āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āϕ⧰া "āĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ় āϏ্āĻŦāĻĒ্āύāĻĻā§°্āĻļী" āĻ•োāύ)

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

(āĻ•āĻŦিāĻāϤিāϝ়া āĻļিāĻļু āύেāĻ•ি? āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻŽাāĻ• āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āϜীāϝ়াāχ āφāĻ›ে āύেāĻ•ি)

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 āφāĻĒুāύি āϏ⧰ু āφāĻ›িāϞ, āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŽাāϝ়ে āφāĻĒোāύাāĻ• āϏোāĻŽাāχ āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ āύেāĻ•ি, āĻ•āĻŦিā§° 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? 

(āφāĻĒুāύি āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāϝ় āύেāĻ•ি? āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোāϤ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰া āĻ…āύুāϏ⧰ি āĻ•্ā§°āĻŽাāύ্āĻŦāϝ়ে āĻŦা āĻĒ্ā§°āϚুā§° āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ āĻš'āϞে āφāĻĒুāύি āĻ•ি āϕ⧰ে)

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 āϏāĻ•āϞোā§°ে āĻļুāĻŦāϞৈ āφ⧰াāĻŽāĻĻাāϝ়āĻ• āĻŦিāϚāύা āφāĻ›ে āύেāĻ•ি? āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āϚাā§°িāĻ“āĻĢাāϞে āϚাāĻ“ঁāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰āĻ• āĻ•েāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•াā§°ā§° āϞোāĻ• āĻŦা āϜāύ্āϤুā§ąে āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻ…āϤিāĻŦাāĻšিāϤ āϕ⧰ে, āφāĻļ্ā§°āϝ় āĻŦিāϚাā§°ে āχāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি।)

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 





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