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SAI International School


                                                    Class IX English

                                             Module 8 Rain on the Roof


                                                 HOME ASSIGNMENT


               Q1. Describe the weather just before the rain starts.


                Q2. What does the poet want to do when it rains?

               Q3. How is the mood of the poet contrasted with the mood of darkness?


               Q4. What is the impact of the tinkle of the raindrops on the poet’s heart?


               Q5. Which is the single major memory that comes to the poet?

               Q6. Who are the “darling dreamers” referred to by the poet?


               Q 7. Why does the poet call the sound of the rain as “refrain”?


               Q8. What does the poet like to do when it rains?

               Q9. Write the central theme of the poem ‘Rain on the Roof.


               Q10. What type of dreamy fancies comes to the poet’s mind?
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