I touch gently at the windows with my Soft fingers, and my announcement is a Welcome song. All can hear, but only The sensitive can understand. I am the sigh of the sea; The laughter of the field; The tears of heaven.
Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:
I touch gently at the windows with my
Soft fingers, and my announcement is a
Welcome song. All can hear, but only
The sensitive can understand.
I am the sigh of the sea;
The laughter of the field;
The tears of heaven.
Paraphrase: The rain touches the windows with its soft fingers. Her arrival is like a welcome song. All hear it but only sensitive souls can understand it. The rain is the sigh of the sea, the laughter of the field and tears of the sky.
(a) How does the rain touch the windows?
(b) Who can hear’ and ‘understand’ the rain?
(c) What is the rain for the sea, the fields and the sky?
(a) The rain touches the windows with its soft fingers.
(b) All can hear but only sensitive souls can understand the rain.
(c) It is the sight of the sea, the laughter of the field and tears of the sky.
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