English IX - Chapter No.11 - Words / Meaning and Summary & Reference to Context

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Rain In Summer

Words And Meaning

S.No	Words	Meaning
1.	Broad	Large, Wide
2.	Clatters	Makes unpleasant sound
3.	Dust	Powdered earth
4.	Fiery	Too hot, Hot like fire, Acting like Fire
5.	Gushes	Flows with force
6.	Gutter	Passage for water flow, Channel at side of street, Carrying off rain water.
7.	Hoofs	Hard foot of a horse
8.	Lane	Street
9.	Narrow	Not wide
10.	Spout	Throw out in a jet, A pipe fixed on the side of a roof to let rain water comes down.
11.	Swift	Speedy
12.	Tide	Rise and fall of water level
13.	Tramp	Heavy tread
14.	Wide	Extending far
15.	Window- Pane	Window glass
15.	Like the tramp of hoofs	This is a comparison. The poet compares the sound of rain on the roof to the noise made by the horse hoofs

About The Poet

     This lovely poem about children is written by the American poet Henry Longfellow. He was born in 1807 and died in 1882. He was a Professor at the Harvard University, which is considered to be one of the best American universities. He was very interested in the culture of other countries and had traveled widely. His poems deal with not only the American scene but also much of what he saw during his travels.

Short Note Or Summary Of  "Rain In Summer"

H.W. Longfellow (1807-82)'s poem 'Rain in Summer' is truly a love letter about nature.  In this poem, he describes the scene of a rainy day in summer season. The extreme heat makes every living things exhausted and tired.  Before it comes, there is a dusty wind. when it rains everybody is happy and welcomes it. Poet exclaimed with joy that the rain is beautiful. He talks about how it the drizzle and shower relieves him from the heat and dust of the summer.
 The poet also compares the rain with the hoofs of the horses, to give us an image of the rhythm and sound of the raindrops on the roof.  The rainy water pour every place and makes everything wet. It flows like a stream making a loud noise. He feels overjoyed about the rain, and welcomes it with open arms.

Rain In Summer

[This lovely poem about Rain in summer is written by the American poet Henry Longfellow. He was born in 1807 and died in 1882. He was a Professor at the Harvard University, which is considered to be one of the best American universities. He was very interested in the culture of other countries and had traveled widely. His poems deal with not only the American scene but also much of what he saw during his travels.]


How beautiful is the rain!
After the dust and heat,
In the broad and Fiery Street,
In the Narrow lane,
How beautiful is the rain!

How is clatters along the roofs,
Like the tramp of hoofs!
How it gushes and struggles out
From the throat of the overflowing spout!

Across the window-pane
It -pours and pours;
And swift and wide,
With a muddy tide,
Like a river down the gutter roars
The rain, the welcome rain!

- Henry Longfellow

Reference To Context

Text Book Name: Secondary Stage English Book One For Class IX

Explain With Reference To Context (Poem)

How beautiful is the rain!
After the dust and heat,
In the broad and fiery street,
In the narrow lane,
How beautiful is the rain!
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Ans:
(i)
(ii)
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Stanza No.2

How it clatters along the roofs,
Like the tramp of hoofs
How it gushes and struggles out
From the throat of the overflowing spout! 
(i) Name the poem and the poet / poetess.
(ii) Why the poet / poetess says, " it clatters along the roofs,"?
(iii) What does the poet / poetess mean by saying, "How it gushes and struggles out"?
Ans:
(i) This stanza is taken from the poem "Rain In Summer", which is written by the American poet Henry Longfellow or H.W. Longfellow.
(ii) The poet compares the rain with the hoofs of the horses, to give us an image of the rhythm and sound of the raindrops on the roof.
(iii) Gushes means 'Flows with force' and struggle out means come out with efforts'.  The poet means the same that when it rains the rainy water begins to flow to the slope rapidly.  It flows like a stream making a loud noise.

Across the window-pane
It pours and pours;
And swift and wide,
With a muddy tide,
Like a river down the gutter roars
The rain, the welcome rain!
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
Ans:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)