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NCERT Book For Class 9 English Rain On The Roof

The poem describes the poet listening to the soft patter of rain on the roof. [1] As the rain falls, it triggers many memories and daydreams in the poet's mind. [2] One prominent memory is of the poet's mother tucking him into bed as a child before leaving him until dawn. [3] The rain's melody on the roof reminds the poet of his mother's caring presence from long ago.

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NCERT Book For Class 9 English Rain On The Roof

The poem describes the poet listening to the soft patter of rain on the roof. [1] As the rain falls, it triggers many memories and daydreams in the poet's mind. [2] One prominent memory is of the poet's mother tucking him into bed as a child before leaving him until dawn. [3] The rain's melody on the roof reminds the poet of his mother's caring presence from long ago.

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R ain on the Roof

When the sky is covered with dark clouds and it starts raining,
have you ever listened to the patter of soft rain on the roof ?
What thoughts flashed through your mind as you heard this
melody of nature? Read the poem to find out what the poet
dreamed of while listening to the rain.

When the humid shadows hover


Over all the starry spheres
And the melancholy darkness
Gently weeps in rainy tears,
What a bliss to press the pillow
Of a cottage-chamber bed
And lie listening to the patter
Of the soft rain overhead!

Every tinkle on the shingles


Has an echo in the heart;
And a thousand dreamy fancies
Into busy being start,
And a thousand recollections
Weave their air-threads into woof,
As I listen to the patter
Of the rain upon the roof.

Now in memory comes my mother,


As she used in years agone,
To regard the darling dreamers
Ere she left them till the dawn:
O! I feel her fond look on me
As I list to this refrain
Which is played upon the shingles
By the patter of the rain.

COATES KINNEY

2019-20
GLOSSARY
tinkle: short, light ringing sounds
shingles: rectangular wooden tiles used on roofs
woof: weft, i.e. the threads woven across the loom
ere: old poetic word for ‘before’
refrain: a repeated part of a song or a poem; here, the sound of the rain
list: old poetic word for ‘listen’

Thinking about the Poem


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?
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.

All that I am or ever hope it be, I owe to my


angel Mother.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN

42 / Beehive

2019-20

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