Rain on the Roof

- Coates Kinney

Stanza 1

When the humid shadows…………………………………….. rain overhead!

1. Who weeps in the forms of rainy tears?

2. What is considered as bliss in the extract?

3. Where does the poet lie?

4. What does the poet do after lying?

Answers:

1. The darkness weeps in the forms of rainy tears.

2. Pressing the pillow is considered bliss in the extract.

3. The poet lies in the cottage bedroom.

4. Lying in his cottage bedroom, the poet listens to the patter of the
soft summer showers overhead on the roof.

Stanza 2

Every tinkle on ………………………….. rain upon the roof

1. Who creates an echo in the heart?

2. What happens to the mind of a busy being?

3. Who weave the air thread into woof?

4. What does the poet listen to?

 Answers:

1. The tinkle on the shingles creates an echo in the heart.

2. A thousand dreamy fancies start in the mind of a busy being.

3. A thousand recollections weave their air threads into woof.

4. The poet listens to the patter of the rain upon the roof.

Stanza 3

Now in memory…………………………….. patter of the rain.

1. Whom does the poet remember?

2. How did the poet’s mother treat the dreamers?

3. How does the poet feel regarding his mother?

4. What is played upon the shingles?

Answers:

1. The poet remembers his mother.

2. The poet’s mother treated the dreamers with honour.

3. He feels his mother is fond of looking on him.

4. The music caused by the patter of rain is played upon the shingles.