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Srishti
Subject: English
, asked on 9/11/17
The voice of the Rain (Poem)
By Walt Whitman
1. And who art thou? said I to the soft - falling shower , which , strange to tell, gave me an answer , as here translated. I am the poem of Earth, said the Voice of the rain, Eternal I rise impalpable out of the land and the bottomless sea.
a) What does 'Thou' refer to in the given context?
b) What is the strange reaction of the rain?
c) Which scientific phenomenon is given here ?
d) Trace a word from the extract which means " Something that cannot be touched".
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Srishti
Subject: English
, asked on 9/11/17
Ans this question asap
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And forever, by day and night, I give back life to my own origin, And make pure and beutify it ;
( for song, issuing from its birth place, after fulfilment, wandering Reck'd or unreck'd, duly with love returns)
a) What does the rain do day & night ?
b) What is meant by song here ?
c) Heart is the birth place of __________
d) Trace a word from the extract that mean 'source"
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Sohini Saha
Subject: English
, asked on 25/8/17
With what purpose does the rain descend from the sky?
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Sohini Saha
Subject: English
, asked on 25/8/17
There is a parallel drawn between rain and music. Which words indicate this? Explain the similarity between the two.
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Deepshika Subramani
Subject: English
, asked on 12/2/17
i need a line by line explanation of the poem voice of the rain
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Alifa
Subject: English
, asked on 7/11/16
what does the expression ''soft falling shower'' suggest?
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Sakshi Sudhir Kudalkar
Subject: English
, asked on 28/9/16
eternal i rise impalable out of the lnd and the bottomless sea,
upwards 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 me were seeds only,latent,unborn.
1)from where does the rain originate??
2)"...altogether changed and yet the same".explain
3)how does the rain help the seed?
answer fast....
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Vidipta Fulpadia
Subject: English
, asked on 6/9/16
Why does the rain say "i give back life to my own origin"? What does rain give life to
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Anusha Sharma
Subject: English
, asked on 1/9/16
what does the poet mean by the phrase "bottomless sea" from the line " Eternal I rise impalpable out of the land and the bottomless sea" ?
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Indu Nair
Subject: English
, asked on 24/8/16
to what does whitman compare the formation of rain and why
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Simran
Subject: English
, asked on 2/11/15
explain the comparison between the rain and the song by the poet ??
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Haider
Subject: English
, asked on 1/9/15
What do these words in the poem mean reck'd and unreck'd
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Indu Nair
Subject: English
, asked on 15/8/15
describe the things that are benefited when raindrops fall on the earth
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Indu Nair
Subject: English
, asked on 15/8/15
describe the water cycle as explained in the poem
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Sahil Sandeep
Subject: English
, asked on 4/8/15
explain -- strange to tell !
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By Walt Whitman
1. And who art thou? said I to the soft - falling shower , which , strange to tell, gave me an answer , as here translated. I am the poem of Earth, said the Voice of the rain, Eternal I rise impalpable out of the land and the bottomless sea.
a) What does 'Thou' refer to in the given context?
b) What is the strange reaction of the rain?
c) Which scientific phenomenon is given here ?
d) Trace a word from the extract which means " Something that cannot be touched".
2. And forever, by day and night, I give back life to my own origin, And make pure and beutify it ;
( for song, issuing from its birth place, after fulfilment, wandering Reck'd or unreck'd, duly with love returns)
a) What does the rain do day & night ?
b) What is meant by song here ?
c) Heart is the birth place of __________
d) Trace a word from the extract that mean 'source"
upwards 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 me were seeds only,latent,unborn.
1)from where does the rain originate??
2)"...altogether changed and yet the same".explain
3)how does the rain help the seed?
answer fast....