hink it out : Solutions of Questions on Page Number : 42Q1 :1. There are two voices in the poem. Who do they belong to? Which lines indicate this?2. What does the phrase strange to tell mean?!.There is a parallel drawn between rain and music. Which words indicate this? "#plain the similarity between the two.4. $ow is the cyclic movement o% rain brought out in the poem? &ompare it with what you have learnt in science.'. Why are the last two lines put within brackets?(. )ist the pair o% opposites %ound in the poem.*nswer :1. The poem begins in a conversational tone. The two voices in the poem arethe voice of the poet and the voice of the rain.The lines that indicate the voice of the poet and the rain are, And who art thou Said ! to the soft"falling shower,# and the lines that indicate the voice of the rain are, ! am the Poem of $arth, said the voice of the rain#.2. The phrase strange to tell# means that it is %uite strange for the poet to believe and e&press in words that the soft"falling rain replied to his %uestion. At the beginning of the poem, the poet in%uires the rain about its identit', to which the rain replies that it is the (Poem of $arth(.!. The lines, ! am the Poem of $arth#, said b' the voice of the rain, re)ects a connection between rain and poetr'. This connection becomes more conspicuous in the *nal two lines,+,or song, issuing from its birth"place, after ful*llment, wandering -ec.(d or unrec.(d, dul' with love returns/#.!n these lines, the poet draws similarities between rain and music observing that the life"c'cle of rain and song are ali.e. The song issues from the heart of the poet and travels to reach others. !t wanders and, whether heard and en0o'ed or not, eventuall' returns to its creator with all due love. Similarl', rain originates from the earth, and after ful*lling its role of spreading beaut' and purit', returns to its origin. 1oth are perpetual in nature. 2oreover, the sound of the soft"falling rain is in itself a .ind of music.4. !n the poem, the water rises from the (land and the bottomless sea( to reach the s.'. There, it transforms itself into vague formation of clouds, di3erent in their structure than the water from which the' originate. After wandering, these clouds descend to the earth in the form of rain to provide relief to the drought"ridden areas and infuse life into the unborn and latent seeds. The rain renders the earth with beaut' and purit'.!n science, we learn the c'clical process of rain in terms li.e evaporation, condensation, precipitation, )owing rivers, ground water and ocean water etc, while in the poem the same process becomes interesting and unusual. The rain spea.s itself to describe its course. The poemputs forward how rain never loses its core essence even after changing into various forms.'. The last two lines of the poem have been put within brac.ets as the' do not form the part of the conversation between the poet and the rain.The lines in the brac.et indicate the re)ections, observations and thoughts ofthe poet. 4e ma.es observations about the life"course of a song and draws similarities between the life"c'cle of a song and rain. (. +a/ 5a', night+b/ -ec.(d, unrec.(d+c/ -ise, descend1. There are two voices in the poem. Who do they belong to? Which lines indicate this?2. What does the phrase strange to tell mean?3. There is a parallel drawn between rain and music. Which words indicate this? Explain the similarity between the two.4. How is the cyclic movement of rain brought out in the poem? Compare it with what you have learnt in science.5. Why are the last two lines put within brackets?6. List the pair of opposites found in the poem. Answer1. The two voices in the poem are the voice of the rain and the voice of the poet. The poem begins in a conversational tone. The lines are And who art thou? Said I .. and I am the poem of Earth.2. The phrase strange to tell means that it is an unusual and extraordinary answer given bythe rain drops to the poet who asked who it was.3. 'I am the poem of EarthFor song, issuing from its birth placeAfter fulfllment, wandering, reckd orUnreckd, duly with love returns. They both return to theplace of their origin after fulflling their tasks.4. The poet explains that the rain drops in the form of water vapour rise up from land and sea and then descend again on the earth and dry land in order to wash it down and hence comes back to its origin. This is the cyclic movement explained by the poet.5. The last two lines are put within brackets because they do not form the voice of the rain or the poet. They only contain a general observation made by the poet about the course of asong.6. (a) Day, night(b) Reckd, unreckd(c) Rise, descend