Eternal I rise impalpable out of the land and the bottomless sea, Upward to heaven,whence,vaguely form’d,altogether changed, and yet the same, I descned to lave the draughts,atomies,dust-layers of the globe. (a) Who is ‘I’? (b) What is described in lines 2 and 3? (c) What does’I’ do on descending? (d) Explain the contrast ‘altogether changed and yet the same’?
a) I refers to the rain.
b) These lines refer to formation of clouds and occurence of water cycle.
c) 'I' descends and quenches the thirst of earth by laving droughts , atomies and dust layers.
d) This contrast refers that it changes its form from sea water to clouds but it remains water only just in other form i.e. vapour.
b) These lines refer to formation of clouds and occurence of water cycle.
c) 'I' descends and quenches the thirst of earth by laving droughts , atomies and dust layers.
d) This contrast refers that it changes its form from sea water to clouds but it remains water only just in other form i.e. vapour.