CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

RAIN ON THE ROOF

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What tinkles on the shingles?
A
Raindrops
B
Hailstones
C
Bells
D
Silver bangles
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: When raindrops fall on the shingles, they make a tinkling sound. This echos the poet’s heartbeat and a thousand old memories weave their air-threads into pattering sounds.

Detailed explanation-2: -He says that every tinkle on the shingles has an echo in the heart. Whenever he hears rain falling on the rooftop, the sound repeats in his heart, and in his dreams, he has many different, fanciful imaginations. He adds that this sound of the rain falling on the rooftop creates many new different dreams in his mind.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: When the drops of rain fall on shingles, they make a tinkling sound. The tinkling sound echoes his heart. A thousand old memories weave their air-threads into pattering sounds.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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