CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -1 Answer. The poet attaches the darkness with sadness. According to him, darkness has melancholy and is gently weeping in rainy tears.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to the poet, what is nature’s mood in ‘rainy darkness’? The poet shows the darkness to be in a melancholy or sad mood. This sadness is further heightened when the poet shows the darkness to be weeping and shedding tears in the form of raindrops.

Detailed explanation-3: -The poet calls darkness melancholy because it makes him sad. Was this answer helpful?

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: “Melancholy darkness” refers to the dark rain bearing clouds. The poet imagines that the clouds covering the sky are gloomy and depressed because they are heavy and grey. The poet further imagines that the clouds are weeping and their tears are falling down as rain drops.

Detailed explanation-5: -The darkness of the night and the sound of the rain makes him feel sad and reflective, which is why the poet refers to it as melancholic.