NCERT Solution for Class-9 English Poem Chapter 3 Rain on the Roof
NCERT Solution for Class-9 English Poem Chapter 3 Rain on the Roof
RAIN ON THE ROOF
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NCERT Solution for Class-9 English Poem Chapter 3 Rain on the Roof
This poem is about rain. The poet tries to describe the experience of enjoying the rain while lying in the bed in a cottage. He listens the musical sound of the patter of rain on the roof of the cottage. The rain falls on the shingles and the resulting tingle causes an echo in the heart. It causes thousands of fancies and recollections in the mind.
Then, suddenly, the poet is reminded of his mother as how she used to get up at the dawn. The mere memory of his mother makes the poet feel her fond look. The sound of rain falling on the shingles takes the poet to his reminiscent past and the whole reel from the past is displayed in the mind of the poet.
NCERT Solution for Class-9 English Poem Chapter 3 Rain on the Roof
TEXTUAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
THINKING ABOUT THE POEM
Q, I. 1. What do the following phrases mean to you? Discuss in class.
(i)Humid shadows, (ii) starry spheres, (iii) what a bliss, (iv) a thousand dreamy fancies into busy being start , (v) a thousand recollections weave their air threads into woof.
1 Ans. (i) Humid shadows: These are the shadows of different things which become wet during the rainy season.
(ii) Starry spheres: The area where stars appear in a group in the sky.
(iii) What a bliss: The poet feels happy when he listens to the rain drops.
(iv) A thousand dreamy fancies into busy being start :The poet starts recollecting the past and finds himself lost in reveries and dreams in the rainy weather.
(v) A thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof : The poet recollects hundreds of memories in the rainy season. They weave a weft with the help of air-threads.
Q.2. What does the poet like to do when it rains?
Ans. The poet likes to be in his room with his mother. He considers it a state of ecstacy.
Q.3. What is the single major memory that comes to the poet? Who are the "darling dreamers" he refers to?
Ans. The poet's mother is the single major memory that comes to the poet. ‘Darling dreamers' are those 'kids' who remember their mothers like the poet.
4. Is the poet now a child? Is his mother still alive?
Ans. No, the poet is not a child. His mother is no more. But her memories haunts him.
NCERT Solution for Class-9 English Poem Chapter 3 Rain on the Roof
Q. II. 1. When you were a young child, did your mother tuck you in, as the poets did?
Ans. Yes, my mother used to tuck me in when I was a child. Whenever I said that I could not do that, 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.
Q.2. Do you like the rain? What do you do when it rains steadily or heavily as described in the poem?
Ans. Yes, I like rain and prefer to lake a bath for some time. But when it rains heavily, I stay inside and enjoy the beauty of nature.
Q.3. Does everybody have a cozy 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.
Ans. No, everybody is not so fortunate to have a cozy bed to lie in when it rains. There are some people who live at railway platforms and bus terminal. They don't have the bed sheet to talk of comfortable beds.
There are many animals that don't have any shelter and tremble under the dark say in the rainy season.
NCERT Solution for Class-9 English Poem Chapter 3 Rain on the Roof
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Q. 1. Who weeps in the form of rainy tears?
Ans. The darkness weeps in the form of rainy tears.
Q. 2. What is considered a bliss in the extract
Ans. Pressing the pillow is considered a bliss in the extract.
Q. 3. What is to be listened to?
Ans. The patter of the rain is to be listened to.
Q. 4. What has an echo in the heart?
Ans. The tinkle on the shingles has an echo in the heart.
Q. 5, What happens to the mind of a being?
Ans. Dreamy fancies happen to the mind of a being.
NCERT Solution for Class-9 English Poem Chapter 3 Rain on the Roof
Q. 6. When does the speaker recollect and dream?
Ans. While listening to the patter the speaker recollects and dream.
Q. 7. Whom does the poet remember?
Ans. The poet remembers his mother.
Q. 8. How did the poet's mother treat the dreamers?
Ans. The poet's mother treats the dreamers with honor.
Q. 9. When does his mother come in his memory?
Ans. While he was listening to the sound of raindrops his mother comes into his memory.