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The document provides NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Poem Chapter 3, 'Rain On The Roof', offering detailed answers to textbook questions to aid student understanding and exam preparation. It emphasizes the poem's themes of nostalgia and the poet's memories of his mother, triggered by the sound of rain. The solutions are crafted by subject-matter experts and are available for free download in PDF format.

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Rain On The Roof. These are the most thorough and trustworthy NCERT Solutions
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NCERT Solutions Class 9 English Poem Chapter 3


Overview
As readers turn pages of Rain on the Roof, they will be able to feel the patter of rain pouring
overhead. This lovely poem, which was originally written in Tamil, expresses the poet's
sentiments as it begins to rain, and he buries his head in his bed's pillowcase. He is
reminded of his mother as he hears the patter of raindrops falling from above.

NCERT Solutions Class 9 English Poem Chapter 3


Below we have provided NCERT Solutions Class 9 English Poem Chapter 3 Rain On The
Roof for students to help them understand the poem better and to score good marks in their
examination.

Question 1. What do the following phrases mean to you? Discuss in class.

(i) humid shadows

(ii) starry spheres

(iii) what a bliss

(iv) a thousand dreamy fancies into busy being start

(v) a thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof

Answer:

(i) humid shadows: humid shadows refer to the dark clouds that cover the sky and bring rain

(ii) starry spheres: it refers to the sky that is usually full of stars
(iii) what a bliss: bliss means happiness. Here the poet says that it is such a happy moment
when one listens to the patter of the rain overhead.

(iv) a thousand dreamy fancies into busy being start: It refers to the several thoughts and
fantasies that surround the poet when he listens to the patter of the rain.

(v) a thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof- it means that poet feels as if
his old memories are being woven in front of him.

Question 2. What does the poet like to do when it rains?

Answer: The poet likes to press his head into the pillow of his cottage chamber bed and
listen to the patter of the soft rain overhead.

Question 3. What is the single major memory that comes to the poet? Who are the “darling
dreamers” he refers to?

Answer: The single major memory that comes to the poet is of his mother and her fond look
on the poet.

Darling dreamers that the poet refers to are the poet and his siblings who were sent to sleep
by the poet’s mother every day.

Question 4. Is the poet now a child? Is his mother still alive?

Answer: No, the poet is now a grown up man. His mother is not alive anymore.

II.

Question 1. When you were a young child, did your mother tuck you in, as the poets did?

Answer: Yes, when I was a young child, my mother tucked me in. She would sing me
lullabies and send me to sleep.

Question 2. Do you like rain? What do you do when it rains steadily or heavily as described
in the poem?

Answer: Yes, I like when it rains. When it rains heavily, I like to listen to the patter of the rain
on the roof overhead and to look at the drops falling on the leaves of the plants.

Question 3. Does everybody have a cozy bed to lie in when it rains? Look around you and
describe how different kinds of people or animals spend time, seek shelter etc. during rain.

Answer: No, not everyone is fortunate enough to have a cozy bed to lie in when it rains.
Poor people who do not have a shelter to protect themselves from the rain. They wander
here and there to find a place where they can stand under the tin roofs or trees.

People who were out of their homes try to rush back towards their homes as soon as
possible. Animals try to find places to save themselves from getting wet during rain.

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