CBSE Class 11 · English · Hornbill / Snapshots
The Voice of the Rain
Chapter summary, hard words and model exam answers for Class 11 English.
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About the author
Walt Whitman (poem, dialogue form). The rain speaks to the poet, explaining it is the poem of the earth - rising impalpable, forming clouds, falling to beautify and purify, eternal and cycle-bound like song.
Summary
The poet asks who she is, soft-falling shower.
The poet asks who she is, soft-falling shower.
I am the poem of earth - impalpable, rising, forming aloft.
I am the poem of earth - impalpable, rising, forming aloft.
Forever descending to wash the drought, seeds, and dust.
Forever descending to wash the drought, seeds, and dust.
Half-way up and down; birth eternal.
Half-way up and down; birth eternal.
Rain's voice unheard by many; song born in heart returns.
Rain's voice unheard by many; song born in heart returns.
Hard words & meanings
| impalpable | cannot be touched |
| eternal | never-ending |
| latent | hidden |
| descend | come down |
| beautify | make beautiful |
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