Worksheet Solutions: Poem - Rain on the Roof Notes | Study English Class 9 - Class 9

Q.1. Find the word from the poem Rain on the Roof which means a repeated part of a song or a poem.
(a) Refrain
(b) Fancies
(c) Shingles
(d) Patter

Correct Answer is Option (a)
The refrain is referred to as a repeated line(s) of a poem or a song. In this poem, the poet refers to the repeated sound of the rain on the roof of his cottage as the refrain.

Q.2. What is the favourite activity of the poet during the rainy season?
(a) Eating snacks
(b) Lie on the bed and listen to the pitter-patter sound of the rain
(c) Roaming on the roof
(d) Listening to the music

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.3. What does the poet attach the darkness with?
(a) Pleasant
(b) Sadness
(c) Soothing
(d) Joyful mood

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.4. Which figure of speech has been used in the phrase darling dreamers?
(a) Anaphora
(b) Antithesis
(c) Anticlimax
(d) Alliteration

Correct Answer is Option (d)
The sound of the consonant has been repeated at the beginning of two consecutive words darling dreamers which stands as an example of Alliteration.

Q.5. Where is the rain making a noise?
(a) In the lanes
(b) On the roof
(c) In the garden
(d) In the room

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.6. Which figure of speech has been used in the phrase starry spheres?
(a) Antithesis
(b) Apostrophe
(c) Alliteration
(d) Anaphora

Correct Answer is Option (c)
The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of consecutive words or nearly consecutive words is known as Alliteration.

Q.7. Whose memory comes to the poet when he listens to the rain?
(a) The memory of his dear friend
(b) The memory of his mother
(c) The memory of his beloved
(d) The memory of his father

Correct Answer is Option (b)
The memory of the poet's mother comes to him as they have been separated long ago by her death.

Q.8. What does cottage-chamber mean?
(a) A separate building next to the cottage
(b) All of these
(c) Type of bed
(d) A room in the cottage

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.9. What tinkles on the shingles?
(a) Raindrops
(b) Silver bangles
(c) Brass-bells
(d) Hailstones

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.10. Select the correct meaning of refrain.
(a) The noise of the rain
(b) Stop making noise
(c) Sound of piano music
(d) Making refined efforts

Correct Answer is Option (a)