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3, , The Voice of the Rain, , -by Walt Whitman, SUMMARY, , This is a nature poem, celebrating the coming of rain. The, poet has personified, fied the, the rain.), is written in the form of an answer, given, by the rain to the poet's query 'who are you' ? Tho, describes the cycle of rain, i.e., how it emanates unnoticed from, rain, the surface of the, earth, finally returns to the place of its origin., and, The poet is, the, captivated by beauty of the faling rain. In, he asks it as to, who it iss., Very strangely indeed, the poet finds the rain answering him. wonder,, It says that it, is the poem of, earth and it is eternal. The rain, the, originates from the bottomless sea and the land., the sea and the land, it, Rising from, goes towards the heaven to form clouds. 'There, it, in essence it is the same. Once, its, changes, again, it descends on the earth to refresh and bathe theform but, drv and, thirsty things and to settle the dust layers of earth. Seeds which had, the, been, lying, to, long, spring life when the rain comes in contact with them. The, dormant for, rain cleans up and, on, beautifies, everything the earth. In this way, the rain takes a full circle and returns, to its origin like a, song that originates from its birth, place, provides joy and pleasure, takes a full circle, returns to its origin with love., and, we, , 1. Read the stanza, carefully and answer the, And who art thou? said I to the, , questions given below:, , soft-falling shower,, , Which, strange to tell, gave me an answer, as here translated:, T am the Poem of Earth, said the voice, of the rain,, Eternal I rise impalpable out of the land and the, bottomless sea., , Questions:, , (a) Where are these lines, from and who is the poet?, (b) Why is the poet asking the rain this, strange question ?, (c) What is the origin of rain ?, (d) What eventually, happens to the rain ?, , Answers, , a) These lines are, , fron the poem The Voice of the Rain',, composed by Walt, (b) The poet is captivated, by the beauty of the falling rain. Therefore, by thusWhitman., addressing, the rain, he wants to, express his joy and wonder., c) The rain, originates from the bottomless sea and almost, from the, , invisibly, d) After rising from the sea and the land, the rain goes to the, heaven to form clouds. It, , land., , changes, , into, , droplets of rain and, , 2. Read the stanza, , comes, , down, quenching the thirst of the baru, , carefully and answer the, , questions given, Upward to heaven, whence, vaguely form'd, altogether, changed, and yet the same,, I descend to lave the, , droughts, atomies, dust-layers of, , the globe,, And all that in them without, , unborn, , me were, , seeds only, latent,, , (10), , below, , :

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(11), Q u e s t i o n s s :, , Where, (a), , h)How, , from and who, the rain get formed?, , are these, , does, , lines, , What transformation, to the, What happens, , Answers, , These, , are, , lines, , does it, , is the poet ?, , bring about after falling down ?, , seea' when, , rain, , comes, , down upon it ?, , from the poem The Voice of the Rain'. It is, , composed by Walt, , Whitman., , to the heaven and form, formed o v e r the land and the sea. The vapours go, The rain gets, earth., have the droplets which form the rain on the, clouds. These clouds, and, things. The, thirsty, bathe the dry, o n the earth to wash and, (c)This rain descends, soaked in this rain., o n the earth, all get fully, atoms, the dust layers, latent for, with the 'seed', which had been lying, rain water c o m e s in contact, the, When, tree., d), seed sprouts and turns into a, a n e w life. This, long, it infuses in it, below:, a n s w e r the questions given, stanza carefully and, the, Read, 3., back life to my, I, And forever, by day and night, give, own orngin., And make pure and beautify it;, h), , Questions, , and who is T in the, Where a r e these lines from, ?, 6) What does T do to its o w n origin, ?, (c) How is this rain formed, it'., d) Explain 'make pure' and beautify, , first line ?, , (a), , the first, refers to the rain in, of the Rain'. T, Voice, The, the poem, a) These lines a r e from, with life., line., all the earthly things, fills, It, life back to its origin., sea., 6) T which is the rain, gives, the land and the, beautifies its origin,, and, the land. It, and, it also purifies, from the s e a, washing,, heaven, the, towards, By, like, vapour, goes, falls o n the earth, c ) T h e rain, in the form of, and o n c e again, , Answers:, , cools down, , and forms into vague, , shapes of clouds, , rain., , when it, water is crystal clear, that the rain, beautifies everything, cleans up and, rain water, , means, , and beautifying, a)Making it pure, the heaven. The, c o m e s down from, , which is, , dirty, , on, , the earth., , questions given, , the, carefully and answer, fulfilment,, Read the s t a n z a, after, birth-place,, (For song, issuing from its, wandering, Reck'd, , or, , Questions, , unreck'd, duly with love returns.), , who is the poet ?, Where a r e these lines from and, the poet compare the rain to a song, (b) Why does, does the rain do to itself?, (c) What, What happens to a song ?, , (a), , (d, , below

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(12), Answerss, , (a), , These lines are from the poem "The Voice of the Rain' written, by Wo, by, Walt Whitman., (6) The poet compares the rain to a song Decause he finds, similarity, in both., (c) The rain, after it falls back on its origin, gives back, life to it. The dro, and the dust particles settle down with it. The, earth becomes, ts are laved, (d) The song, after it issues forth from the, Dure, d beautiful., , similarity, , contentment to the listeners., , origin with love., , And after, , place of its, , provides pleasure, having taken aorigin,, full circle,, it goespleasure, , and, , to its, , SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS, Answer the following questions in about 30-40, 0.1. How, , words:, does the poet, the rain and, question, Ans. The poet is carried, how does, he get his, away by the beautiful, were a person. He asks it, showers, ansver?, and, 'who art thou'? He, thus, mind., gets his answer in a, the rain, as if, it, strange, Q.2. Why does the rain, manner,, that, is., in, his, Ans. The rain answers thatanswer that it is the poem of, it is, the, ?, pleasurable experience and joy to a the poem of the earth because earth, just as a sweet, beauty to the earth., reader, the rain als0, provides life, pleasure andpoem gives, Q.3. Which two voices, aesthetic, does the, Ans. The first, poem, "The, Voice of the Rain', voice, which the, have ?, poem has, is the voice, poem is that of the, of, rain,, the, It, from the earth it, personified., poet. The, goes back to the earthsays that it is the poem of the earth. second voice in the, itself and, Q.4. Explain, While it originates, provides, briefly, the, life,, and, purity, where it goes?, process of the formation, to it., of the rain, beauty, Ans. In the, what it does and, poem, "The Voice of the, and the land., Rain', the rain gets, It goes to the heaven and, formed, almost, , questions, , invisibly,, assumes vague, sea, of the rain to, looking, of the clouds., shapes, drench, layers. While doing so, it, the thirsty earth. It, Then, settles down the atoms, gives life to seeds also. It, 5. What would, o tne, makes, the, earth pure and, to the earth, happen, t this, if this rain never came, beauba, ns., rain never came, down,, the, down, earth, atoms, of, Unirsty, the, would never get, soaked in life-giving rainlavers of the dust, the droughts and n, into plants., rn, water. The seeds would, The earth would, it., remain murky and defiled, never, f, if the rain water did, not, pu, .What does the rain do to its own, self and what has the, sto. The rain issues forth from the, poet compa, it, seas and the, oes the heaven, , down in the form, omes, dust, , over the, , earth, without being perceve, down, as, rain and gives life to, sprout in water. Thus, after enlivening, ne o**n The, poet has, the earth, the rain goes back to its, compared the rain to a song., ow, What are the, ., similarities, The rain, s, issues forth from itsbetween the rain and a soB;., and, of birth and goes back to it after, beauty to it. l a r l y , a song, also place, around, after it issues forth from the place, or oorigin, it wanders, around oi, giving pleasure and, joy to the listeners. It comes back to its origin witn 10vE, to, , form clouds. It, , comes

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(13, the rain, o.8. What does, , give, , to the earth and what does, , a, , song, , give, , to the, , people ?, , earth. It enlivens, life and it provides new life to the thirsty and dry, Rain, represents, Ans., freshness and, look clean and pure. Music or song provides, makes, and, everything, he Seeds, and provides immense joy., npace to the mind. It makes the heart light, the bracket ?, the significance of putting the last two lines in, is, What, Q.9., the rain, two lines in the bracket as the idea of comparing, Ans. The poet has put the last, issue, are not the same but they both, a n immediate connection. They both, not, is, the, song, with, life and pleasure to others and in the end both go, forth from their origin, wander around, giving, back to their place of origin with love., drawn between the rain and music., Q.10. Describe the similarity a s, that the poet draws between the, Ans. The last two lines of the poem bring out a similarity, the earth, takes a full circle giving life and, rain and music.The rain rises from its origin i.e.,, It does so just like a song that originates, delight to others and goes back to its place of origin., to everyone and returns to its place, from its birth place, travels around the earth providing joy, of origin with love., , LONG ANSWER QUESTION, Answer the following question in about 120-150 words, Voice of Rain' is poem of the Earth ? What, Q. How does the poet depict that the, , is the poet implying?, Ans. The poem is a dialogue between the poet and the rain. The poet asks the rain Who a r e, you ? and the rain replies that she was 'the poem of the Earth'. It rises eternally from the, earth's lands and waterbodies and then returns to heaven, its origin. It is something that, cannot be touched. This made the poet realise that the cyclic journey of the rain was similar to, that of any song or poem. It too cannot be touched. The origin ofa song is the poet's heart. Once, complete, it wanders from one person to the other. It may change or remain unchanged, but, , ultimately it comes back to its origin that is the poet, with love from all those who have read or, , heard it. In other words, love draws people back to their roots after giving joy and fulfilment to, , all, whom they touch, just like rain, which nourishes the earth and rejuvenates it by giving life, to the plants and quenching the thirst of barren lands. It rises and, falls back again, to return, later. It is eternal and so are songs or poems. 'They are both beautifui and, refreshing.