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C.

W 1

AN ODE TO THE RAIN F.M=15

A. Choose the correct option. 1X6=6


1. In the line "So many tears in our eye-corners, /
Sitting like little Jacky Horners-," the speaker uses a
simile to compare tears to:
a) raindrops falling from the sky b) pearls on a
necklace c) a nursery rhyme character
d) dewdrops on a leaf
2. What does the speaker promise to do regardless
of the rain's nature in the line "And though you stayed a
week or more, / Were ten times duller than before;"?
a) Complain loudly b) Ignore the rain completely c)
Greet the rain with a positive attitude
d) Beg the rain to leave immediately
3. What literary device is used in the line "I'll neither rail,
nor malice keep, / Though sick and sore for want of
sleep."?
a) Hyperbole b) Alliteration c) Personification d)
Metaphor
4. In the line "Yet if, as soon as it is light, / O Rain! you
will but take your flight," what does the speaker hope the
rain will do?
a) Increase in intensity b) Continue falling throughout
the day c) Cease and depart
d) Transform into a gentle drizzle
5. What does the speaker promise to do if the rain were
to leave as soon as it is light in the line "I'll neither rail,
nor malice keep, / Though sick and sore for want of
sleep."?
a) Complain loudly b) Hold a grudge c) Express
gratitude d) Indulge in sleep
6.Read the two sentences:
[A] Assertion: The poet wants the rain to go away.
[R] Reason: He wants to play outside.
a) Both [A] and [R] are true but [R] is not the correct
explanation for [A]
b) Both [A] and [R] are true but [R] is the correct
explanation for [A]
c) [A] is true but [R] is not correct.
d) Both [A] and [R] are false.
B Short answer questions . 1X2=2
1. What does the speaker hope the rain will do as soon
as it is light? 1
2. Why does the speaker express a desire for the rain to
go away on that particular day?1
C. Answer the following: (HOT QUESTIONS) 2X1=2
1. Imagine that you had been stranded in rain inside
your house. Would you behave in the same manner as
the poet had done? Justify the answer. 2
D.Reference to context questions( HOT Questions) 2+3
=5
1. "I owe you little thanks, 'tis true, / For breaking thus
my needful rest!"
a.How does this line from "An Ode to the Rain" by
Samuel Taylor Coleridge reveal the speaker's initial
attitude towards the rain? 2
b. Explain the above quoted line. 3

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