Voice of the Rain

1. 

And Who Art Thou…….

…………………………… Eternal I rise……….

…………… bottomless sea….

  i. Where do these lines occur?

Ans: These lines occur in the poem “The Voice of the Rain” by Walt Whitman.

 ii. How does the shower falls? 

Ans: The Shower falls softly.

iii. Where does the rain rise from?

Ans: The rain rises from the land and the bottomless sea.

2. How is the cyclic movement of the rain brought out in the poem “The Voice of the Rain”?

Ans: The cyclic movement of the rain is brought out in poem by showing in the nature of the rain itself. The rain is shown as working day and night to give life back to its own origin.

3. Why does the rain describe itself as the poem of the earth.

Ans: The rain describes itself as the poem of the earth because of its own nature. The rain claims to rise eternally from the earth’s land surface and sea. It descends to the earth to clean everything especially the dust. It gives life to the latent and unborn seeds waiting in the earth’s soil. Thus the rain works day and night to give life not only to own origin but also to the eagerly waiting earth itself

3. Upward to Heaven,………………..

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……………………………. And make pure and beautify it;

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i. How is the rain formed when it rises towards heaven?

Ans: The rain is vaguely formed when it rises towards heaven.

ii. Why does the rain descend?

Ans: The rain descend to remove the droughts, dust layers and the tiny particles of the globe.

iii. What whould happen to the seeds if the rain does not come?

Ans: The seeds will remain latent or unborn if the rain does not come.

iv. What does the rain do day and night?

Ans: The rain works day and night to give back life to its own origin i.e the water on the lands and seas.

v. What does the rain make pure and beautify?

Ans: The rain makes pure and beautifies the earth by removing droughts allowing greenery to flourish. It also washes the dust covered earth and make everything look more vibrant.

vi. Why is the rain altogether changed but still the same?

Ans: When the rain goes up from the land and seas, it changes its form to vapor. It again becomes cloud in the skies. Finally it comes down in its visible form as water droplets. In all these changes the rain retains it essence of water. It is the water which became vapour, clouds and finally rain. Hence, the rain changes altogether but still remains the same.