Rain on the roof

Select the name of the poet of the poem ‘Rain on the Roof’.

• (a) Robert Frost

• (b) Subramanian

• (c) Coates Kinney

• (d) W.B. Yeats

Where does the poet’s mother live?

• (a) in another town

• (b) in a village

• (c) with the poet

• (d) she has died

Where is the rain making a noise?

• (a) in the room

• (b) on the roof

• (c) in the garden

• (d) in the lanes

What tinkles on the shingles?

• (a) raindrops

• (b) hailstones

• (c) brass-bells

• (d) silver bangles

What is a bliss for the poet?

• (a) bathing in the rain

• (b) getting a lot of money

• (c) going to an office in rain

• (d) lying on the bed in a joyful mood

What are the humid shadows doing in the sphere?

(a) steeping

(b) resting

(c) floating in the air

(d) doing nothing

• (a) steeping

• (b) resting

• (c) floating in the air

• (d) doing nothing

What haunts the poet in the poem?

• (a) his friends

• (b) sounds of rainfall

• (c) his mother’s memory

• (d) none

What is the memory that comes to the poet’s mind repeatedly?

• (a) his mother

• (b) his friends

• (c) his siblings

• (d) none

What is the favourite activity of the poet during the rainy season?

• (a) listening to the music

• (b) eating snacks

• (c) roaming on the roof

• (d) lie on the bed and listen to the pitter-patter sound of the rain

What does the poet listen?

• (a) the sweet music of insects

• (b) sweet music of piano

• (c) the sweet music of raindrops

• (d) all the options are incorrect