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The Voice of the Rain

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The similarity between rain and music is indicated by the words-

a)

gently and serious …

b)

water falling and strangely

c)

‘soft falling’ and song …

d)

regional music and softly …

2.

Who are the speakers in the poem?

a)

The poet and the rain

b)

The poet and rain

c)

The rain and the mountain

d)

The rain and the earth

3.

Which figure of speech is used to give life to the rain?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Transferred Epithet

d)

Simile

4.

To what does Whitman compare the formation of rain and why?

a)

Rain to a song

b)

Rain to the music

c)

Rain to the voice

d)

Rain to the heart of poet

5.

What is the poem of the earth?

a)

Fruit

b)

Song

c)

flowers

d)

shower

6.

How is the shower formed?

a)

Gently

b)

vaguely

c)

Sweetly

d)

beautifully

7.

What was strange to tell?

a)

answering the question by the shower

b)

asking a question to the shower

c)

both a and b

d)

none of the above

8.

Where does the shower come back to?

a)

the earth

b)

the cloud

c)

the sea

d)

All of the above

9.

Find the figure of speech in the line- 'I am the poem of the earth.'

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Extended Metaphor

d)

Metaphor

10.

Who is the poet of the poem 'The Voice of the Rain'?

a)

Shirley Toulson

b)

Ted Hughes

c)

Gordon Cook

d)

Walt Whitman