The Voice of the Rain Class 11 Question Answer English
The Voice of the Rain Class 11 Question Answer
TEXTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. There are two voices in the poem. Who do they belong to? Which lines indicate this?
Ans: The poem has two voices: the poet’s and the rain’s. The poet’s voice is shown in the line, “And who art thou? Said I to the soft-falling shower,” while the rain’s voice is shown in the line, “I am the Poem of Earth, said the voice of the rain.”
2. What does the phrase “strange to tell” mean?
Ans: “Strange to tell” means it’s surprising or unusual for the poet to hear and talk about the rain answering his question.
3. There is a parallel drawn between rain and music ‘song’. Which words indicate this ? Explain the similarity between the two.
Ans: Words like “poem,” “soft-falling shower,” “voice of the rain,” and “song” show how the poet compares rain to music. The poet sees similarities between the way rain and music spread and affect the world. Just as a song comes from a poet and touches others, rain is like a melody from the earth that brings comfort and has a soothing, musical quality. Both rain and music are continuous and calming.
4. How is the cyclic movement of rain brought out in the poem ? Compare it with what you have learnt in science.
Ans: The poem describes the rain’s cycle accurately. It explains how rain starts as water vapor from the land and sea, forms clouds, and then falls back as rain. This matches what we learn in science about the water cycle.
5. Why are the last two lines put within brackets?
Ans: The last two lines are in brackets because they are the poet’s own thoughts and reflections, not part of the conversation with the rain.
6. List the pairs of opposites found in the poem.
Ans. Some pairs of opposites in the poem are:
(i) rise and descend.
(ii) lave and drought.
(iii) day and night.
(iv) Upward to heaven and the bottomless sea.
(v) Reck’d and unreck’d.
(vi) altogether changed and yet the same.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1. What does the poet ask the rain?
Ans:- In the poem, the poet asks the soft-falling shower, ‘Who are you?
2. Did the rain reply to the poet? What did she reply?
Ans:- Yes, according to the poet rain reply to him. She replies that she is the poem of earth.
3. What does the rain give back to her origin?
Ans:- The rain told the poet that she cannot be touched as she rises in the form of water vapour in the sky from the land and the bottomless sea. It changes its shape yet it remains the same. The vapour changes into clouds due to condensation.
4. What happens when the rain falls on dry land?
Ans: When rain falls on dry land, it gives water to parched areas, makes the earth look nicer and cleaner, and helps seeds grow by providing moisture.
5. What did the rain call itself? And why?
Ans: The rain called itself the “Poem of the Earth” because, like a poem, it brings joy, life, and beauty to the world.
6. How does the rain help the seeds?
Ans: The rain helps seeds by providing the water they need to germinate and grow into new plants.
