Class-IX
Poem-3
Rain on the Roof
Worksheet
I. Choose the correct answer:
1. Who wrote the poem ‘Rain on the roof’?
a) William Wordsworth
b) George Eliot
c) Coates Kinney
d) John Milton
2. Identify the figure of speech – Starry Spheres
a) Personification
b) Alliteration
c) Simile
d) metaphor
3. Identify the onomatopoeia used in the poem ‘Rain on the
roof’.
a) Patter
b) Honk
c) Beep
d) Zoom
4. What does the poet listen?
(a) the chirping of birds
(b) the buzzing of insects
(c) the sweet music of raindrops
(d) the honking of vehicles
5. What haunts the poet in the poem?
(a) his friends
(b) his dreams
(c) his mother’s memory
(d) his job
6. What revives the sweet memories in the poet’s mind?
(a) playing piano
(b) reading books
(c) raindrops falling on the roof
(d) playing games.
7. The old poetic word ‘Ere’ means _________.
a) Before
b) After
c) Between
d) Error
8. What do you mean by refrain?
a) a repeated consonant sound
b) a repeated part of a song or a poem
c) a repeated vowel sound
d) a repeated dream
9. Who were the darling dreamers?
a) Poet’s friends
b) Poet and his siblings
c) Poet’s colleagues
d) Poet’s parents
10. Identify the personification :
a) Darling dreamers
b) Starry spheres
c) Gently weeps in rain tears
d) Lie listening to the patter