VOICE OF THE RAIN

" And who art thou? said I to the soft-falling shower,

Which, strange to tell, gave me an answer, as here translated:

I am the Poem of Earth, said the voice of the rain,

Eternal I rise impalpable out of the land and the bottomless sea,"

a) Who is being addressed here?

• the poet

• the stranger

• the rain

What seems strange to the poet?

• the rain's being the poem of the earth.

• the rain's answering the poet's questions

• the suddenness of the rain's reply

"I am the Poem of the Earth", which poetic device is used here?

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

"I descended to leave the drought..." Here I refers to ___________

• the poet

• the rain

• the earth

The rain, according to the poet, is the source of

• death

• cloud

• life

The expression, to lave means

• to wet

• to sing

• to bathe

What does the rain 'purify and beautify'?

• the atmosphere

• the earth

• the sea

The return of the song signifies

• The completion cycle of the rain

• The nature of the rain's song

• The return of the singer

Why does the rain tell the poet that she cannot be touched?

• because she is water

• because she rises in the form of water vapour

• because she is in the form of clouds

. What does 'Reck’d or unreck’d' mean?

• enrichment or unenriched

• cared for or not cared for

• to purify or unpurified