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What does the poet like to do when it rains?

The poet experiences an extreme feeling of joy and pleasure as he lies on the cottage-chamber bed pressing a pillow. Consequently, listening to the pitter-patter of the soft rain takes him to the seventh heaven.


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Has your life been different from or similar to that of Kezia when you were a child? Has your perception about your parents changed now? Do you find any change in your parent’s behavior vis-� -vis yours? Who has become more understanding? What steps would you like to take to build a relationship based on understanding? Write three or four paragraphs (about 150-200 words ) discussing these issues from your own experience.

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What do the following phrases mean to you? Discuss in class.

(i) humid shadows


(ii) starry spheres


(iii) what a bliss


(iv) a thousand dreamy fancies into busy being start


(v) a thousand recollections weave their air threads into woof

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What is the single major memory that comes to the poet? Who are the ‘darling dreamers' he refers to?

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Is the poet now a child? Is his mother still alive?