NCERT Solutions For Class 11 English Hornbill The Voice of the Rain
NCERT Solutions For Class 11 English Hornbill The Voice of the Rain A. Think it Out Question 1: There are two voices in the poem. Who do they belong to? Which lines indicate this? Answer: One of them belongs to the poet and the other to the rain. These are indicated in lines 1-2 and 3-9 respectively. Question 2: What does the phrase ‘strange to tell’ mean? Answer: The phrase refers to a strange phenomenon—the rain gives an answer to the poet’s query. It is surprising to report the answer. Question 3: There is a parallel drawn between r« in and music. Which words indicate this? Explain the similarity between the two. Answer: The following words/phrases indicate the parallel between rain and music: ‘Poem of Earth’, ‘eternal I rise impalpable out of land and the bottomless sea’ ‘For song duly with love returns.’ Both originate from a source, rise up, reach fulfilment, wander about whether cared about or not and finally return to source of origin with love. Question 4: How is the cyclic mo...