The Voice of the Rain

NCERT Solutions for class 11 English Core Chapter-5 

NCERT Class 11 English Core Chapter-wise Solutions

English core Part I (Hornbill)

1. The Portrait Of A Lady Summary
2.  A Photograph Summary
3.  We’re Not Afraid To Die…If We Can All Be Together Summary
4. Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues Summary
5. The Voice Of The Rain Summary
6. The Ailing Planet: The Green Movement’s Role Summary
7. The Browning Version Summary
8. Childhood Summary
9. Father To Son Summary

English core Part II (Snapshot)

1. The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
2. The Address
3. Ranga’s Marriage
4. Albert Einstein at School
5. Mother’s Day
6. The Ghat of the only World
7. Birth
8. The Tale of Melon City

NCERT Solutions for class 11 English Core Hornbill The Voice of the Rain

1. There are two voices in the poem. Who do they belong to? Which lines indicate this?
2. What does the phrase “strange to tell” mean?
3. There is a parallel drawn between rain and music. Which words indicate this? Explain the similarity between the two.
4. How is the cyclic movement of rain brought out in the poem? Compare it with what you have learnt in science.
5. Why are the last two lines put within brackets?
6. List the pair of opposites found in the poem.

2. Notice the following sentence patterns.
1. And who art thou? said I to the soft-falling shower.
2. I am the Poem of Earth, said the voice of the rain.
3. Eternal I rise
4. For song…duly with love returns
Rewrite the above sentences in prose.