CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: Onomatopoeia:The word ‘tinkle’ is used here as a sound. Explanation: Every tinkle on the shingles has an echo in the heart; And a thousand dreamy fancies Into busy being start, And a thousand recollections Weave their air-threads into woof, As I listen to the patter Of the rain upon the roof.

Detailed explanation-2: -Alliteration is a literary device, which shows the repetition of a sound or a letter in consecutive or adjacent words. The first stanza has several examples of alliteration like ‘busy being’-b sound is an example of alliteration. ‘rain roof’-r sound is an example of alliteration.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Figures of speech in the poem ‘Rain on the Roof’ are mainly visual imagery, alliteration, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, personification.

Detailed explanation-4: -i) Shingles are rectangular hardwood roof tiles. When rain falls on the roof, it creates the tinkling sound mentioned above. ii) The poet’s head is inundated with many ideas and fancies when he is in his cottage and rests in his cosy bed listening to the lovely sound of rain on the roof.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer: As the rain falls on the shingles, its tinkling sound creates an echo in the poet’s heart. As he listens to the patter of the raindrops on the roof, his gloom is lifted and his heart is filled with a thousand fantasies and fond memories of his mother.