MP Board Class 9th English Solutions Chapter 3 Rain on the Roof

The poem ‘Rain on the Roof’ talks about the poet’s varied reactions to the sound of raindrops falling on the roof of his house. He says that the raindrops at night are like tears shed by the sad, dark night. He loves to lie in bed and hear rain falling on the roof of his room because it gets back sweet memories of the past. He says that the sound of rain drops helps him fall asleep and gives him sweet dreams. He has memories of his loving mother who would put them to sleep.

कविता Roof छत पर बारिश कवि के घर की छत पर गिरने वाली बारिश की बूंदो की आवाज़ के बारे में विभिन्न प्रतिक्रियाओं के बारे में बात करती है। वह कहते हैं कि रात में बारिश की बूंदे उदास, अंधेरी रात में आंसू बहाने जैसी होती हैं। वह बिस्तर पर लेटना और अपने कमरे की छत पर बारिश को सुनना पसंद करता है क्योंकि उसे अतीत की मीठी यादें वापस मिल जाती हैं। वह कहता है कि बारिश की बूंदो की आवाज उसे सो जाने में मदद करती है और उसे मीठे सपने देती है। उसके पास अपनी प्यार करने वाली माँ की यादें हैं जो उन्हें सोने के लिए कहेंगी।

Questions

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

2. What does the poet like to do when it rains ?

3. What is the single major memory that comes to the poet ? Who are the “darling dreamers” he refers to ?

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

Answers

1. (i) Humid shadows

-Shadows of various things which are wet during the rainy season

(ii) Starry spheres

-Star areas or group of stars in the sky

(iii) What a bliss

-It is a great bliss.

(iv) A thousand dreamy

-The poet starts feeling into fancies into busy being start his body thousands of dream-like fancies due to the falling of the rain

(v) A thousand recollections

-When it rains, hundreds of weave their air-threads memories come to the into woof poet’s mind. They then weave a weft with the help of air-threads.

2. The poet likes to feel the presence of his mother when it rains. It is a bliss for him.

3. The poet’s mother is the single major memory that comes to the poet. ‘Darling dreamers’ are those ‘children who dream of their mothers like the poet’.

4. The poet is not a child but is grown-up. His mother is not alive. But he still remembers her much.

Questions

II. 1. When you were a young child, did your mother tuck you in, as the poet’s did ?

2. Do you like rain ? What do you do when it rains steadily or heavily as described in the poem ?

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.

Answers

1. Yes, I remember my mother used to tuck me in when I was a child. Whenever I said that I couldn’t walk, she would lift me in her lap and carry me. She used to be worried whenever something happened to me.

2. Yes, I greatly like the rain. I go out in the rain when it is light. But when it rains steadily or heavily, I do not go in it. It is very pleasant to get drenched in rain during summer.

3. Not all have a cosy bed to lie in when it rains. However, the number of persons having such a comfort is increasing. I have seen many persons enjoying rainy season by eating ‘hot pakoras’. Various animals are caught in the rain. Many of them keep standing in it. But many go under a cover. People do not go out on the roads when it rains. They stand and wait for it to stop. Rains do bring in some problems. These check people’s activities.