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*s revisit and enjoy the poem |, Who is the “I” referred to in the poem?, The ‘LP’ referred to in the poem is the rain., What does nature do with the silver threads?, Nature takes the silver threads to decorate her fields, and valleys. a 7, What is rain compared to? | ‘, Rain is compared to life on earth., Who could be the daughter of dawn?, The dew drops.” mf |, Comment on the expression “when I cry, the hills laugh”?, When it rains the dry hills become happy to get water., How does the rain act as a messenger of mercy? ©, Rain is nature’s merciful blessing on earth. It Is a], blessing for the dry and needy earth, ae, _ _ In what sense are the cloud and the field lovers?, They cannot live without each other. The dry fields, need the rain and the cloud has to relieve itself of its, heaviness. | ‘oe, What do the words “cry” and “humble” imply?, These words personify the rain. ‘Cry’ is the sound, of falling rain and ‘humble’ is the mild intensity with, , which the rain falls. It is soft and soothing in touch., Who are the thirsty and the sick ones described in, the fourth stanza? |, The thirsty one is the field. It thirsts for water and, the sick one is the cloud as it is heavy with water., -“T am like earthly life” - Explain the comparison. Rain has been personified as a living being bound to, a life cycle. Like every other living thing on earth,, rain moves ina circular way, coming back to its origin., “IT am dotted silver threads...” is an example of a |, first person narration. Identify similar lines from the, first two stanzas. 3 |, ‘I am’ beautiful pearls, plucked from the crown of, ‘Ishtar’. ea, Activity 1 :, , (a) The poet compares the rain to many things.Look, the following expressions. r r po 4, “Tam like earthly life...” - F, “Il am beautiful pearls...” —, In what way are the compari sons ¢ :, comment on the poetic devices e