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    3-Rain On The Roof - Explanation

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    The document provides context and analysis of the poem "Rain on the Roof". It analyzes the poem through 3 stanzas, discussing how the first stanza describes the poet finding happiness and nostalgia in the sound of raindrops, the second stanza explores the poet's imaginings and dreams inspired by the rain, and the third stanza recalls memories of the poet's mother and childhood from the rain's sound. The document also identifies poetic devices used in the poem such as alliteration, personification, onomatopoeia, and imagery.

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    CLASS IX – JULY 22,2021

    RAIN ON THE ROOF

    WORD MEANINGS

    WORD MEANINGS
    Humid Full of moisture
    Shadows Moisture laden clouds
    Starry spheres Sky full of stars
    Melancholy sad
    Bliss happiness
    Cottage -chamber bedroom
    Patter Sound of rain drops falling on the roof
    Tinkle Short ringing sound
    Shingles Rectangular wooden tiles used on roof
    Echo Repeated sound
    Weave Forming fabric , here dreams
    Air threads Here, dreams and fancies
    Woof Woven fabric across the loom (apparatus for
    weaving yarn or thread into cloth)
    Agone Gone by
    Ere Old poetic word for before
    Dawn Day break
    List Old poetic word for listen
    Refrain Repeated part, here sound of rain drops

    Stanza 1:

    • Poet is saying when the humid shadows hover( refers to dark clouds taking over and about to
    turn into rainfall) over the starry spheres ( literal denotation of the sky night that is covered
    with millions of stars), and these clouds filled with moisture, move around the sky are about
    to bring rain. Sadness (darkness of the sky) is taken over and wiped off by the raindrops which
    seems like tears of heaven. And poet is feeling blissful to hear to the rain drops that is bringing
    back nostalgic memories.

    Stanza 2:

    • Expression of feelings when he hears the raindrops, every single sound of the raindrops falling
    on the roof has an echo. After hearing the raindrops, he has many fanciful imaginations (busy
    being start-poet’s mind is teeming with imagination). These all are recollected and the dreams
    weave together like in a loom (apparatus for making fabric by weaving thread, here dreams
    are woven by hearing the raindrops).

    Stanza 3:

    • Poet remembers his mother, who isn’t there anymore and her fond look when she used to
    put him to sleep till dawn when he listens to the raindrops falling on the roof.
    Whenever he hears this (refrain - repetition- here sound of the raindrops), he is reminded of
    his mother and the good times.
    POETIC DEVICES:

    ALLITERATION:
    • Humid Hover
    • Starry spheres
    • Press pillow
    • Busy being
    • Their threads
    • Rain roof
    • Memory my mother
    • Darling dreamers
    • Cottage-chamber
    • Lie listening

    PERSONIFICATION
    • Melancholy darkness- darkness has been personified and has been given the traits of a living
    being.
    • Thousand recollections weave their threads into woof- recollections are personified when it
    is said that they weave dreams.

    ONOMATOPOEIA- use of sound words to create a dramatic effect.

    • Patter- sound of raindrops is creating a dramatic effect.


    • Tinkle

    TRANSFERRED EPITHET-
    -adding of an adjective before noun in order to bestow positive/ negative traits to that
    object./ The use of noun when it refers to another noun.
    -melancholy darkness : here darkness is not melancholic, but it refers to sad people.
    -dreamy fancies: It does not mean that the fancies are dreamy but refers to people who have
    dreams.

    IMAGERY-
    Imagery is vivid and expressive language to evoke pictures or feelings.
    • Melancholy darkness
    • Rainy tears
    • Starry spheres

    REPETITION:

    Repetition of words/phrases

    • Listening to the patter


    • shingles

    METAPHOR:
    Indirect comparison between two things that aren’t alike.
    Shadows refers to clouds.

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