The Voice of Rain

Which of the following themes are discussed in the poem ?

• Rain and Life

• Life

• Song and Life

• Loss of innocence

Walt Whitman is also known as _____.

Why is the title of the poem "The Voice of Rain" ?

• The title is logical and applicable.

• The rain falls beautifully like music.

• The poem is about rain giving life on Earth.

• None of the above

Transcendentalism was a movement bound together by ______.

• idealistic thoughts

• innate goodness of humanity

• objective statements

• None of these

"I descend to lave the droughts, atomies, dust-layers of

the globe." What is the poet trying to convey ?

• It indicates that rain consoles and soothes us.

• It indicates that rain falls beautifully.

• Rain is like a beautiful song.

• Rain accelerates the beauty of Earth.

The poem is in the form of a conversation between the rain and the ...........

• cloud

• sky

• poet

• stranger

Impalpable means

• unable to see

• unable to play

• unable to be felt

• able to see

''I rise impalpable out of the land '' .What is 'I' here?

• The poet

• The weather

• The nature

• The rain

Identify the poetic device of the underlined phrase or word in the following line;

"Eternal I rise impalpable out of the land and the

bottomless sea."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

What is the rhyme scheme used in the poem

• aabb

• aabbcc

• abab

• There is no rhyme scheme used