CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -In the poem ‘Rain on the Roof’, the poem begins with visual imagery with the line ‘When the humid shadows hover. ‘ There is alliteration in ‘starry sphere’, ‘press the pillow, ’ Into busy starting, There is onomatopoeia in the words ‘patter’, and ‘echo’.

Detailed explanation-2: -The poet is comparing raindrops to tears and he says that the dark sky which seems to be very sad, it appears as if it is crying and the raindrops are the tears shed by it.

Detailed explanation-3: -i) “Humid shadows” refer to the dark clouds that produce rain. (ii) “Starry spheres” refer to the night sky abounding in stars.

Detailed explanation-4: -Alliteration: The repetition of a consonant sound in two or more consecutive words. ‘Humid Hover’-‘h’ sound is repeating. ‘starry spheres’-‘s’ should is repeating.

Detailed explanation-5: -(i) “Humid shadows” refer to the dark clouds that produce rain.