Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:
The voice of thunder declares my arrival;
The rainbow announces my departure.
I am like earthly life, which begins at
The feet of the mad elements and ends
Under the upraised wings of death.
I emerge from the heart of the sea and
Soar with the breeze. When I see a field in
Need, I descend and embrace the flowers and
The trees in a million little ways.
Paraphrase: The thundering sound of lightning announces the arrival of the rain. The rainbow announces its departure. The life of rain resembles the earthly life. The earthly life is born out of different elements of nature and meets its death in the end. The rain rises up from the heart of the sea and it soars high with the breeze. When it sees a field in need, it comes down (rains) and embraces flowers and trees in a million little ways.
(a) How are the arrival and departure of the rain announced?
(b) Describe the poetic device used in the third line.
(c) How and when does the rain oblige fields, flowers and trees?
(a) The thundering sound of lightning announces the arrival and the rainbow announces the departure of the rain.
(b) The poetic device used in the third line is simile.
(c) When the rain sees fields, flowers and trees in need, it obliges them in a million little ways.