# 27 Paraphrasing of the poem--- The Voice of the Rain

The poem is composed by Walt Whitman. The poem starts in a conversation mode. The conversation is between the poet and the rain. The poet asks the rain who it was. The poet says it is very strange that the rain answered his question. It is very strange but he will translate the answer of the rain. The rain says it is the poem of the earth. It rises from the land and the sea at the untouchable height. There in the sky it takes different shapes of the clouds yet essentially it is the vapour only. It comes down to clean the drought, atom particles and dust layers of the sky. According to the rain, all seeds in the earth will be seeds only if it does not fall. Continuously it falls on the earth and meets it's own origin. Therefore the poem indicates towards the rain cycle. The poet keeps the last two lines in the bracket to grab the attention of the readers and to convey the message that a good work returns back to it's doer with love. As the rain after falling on the earth returns back to its origin, in the same way a good work returns back to its doer.

#26 Paraphrasing of the poem-- The Laburnum Top

The Laburnum Top

The top of the Laburnum is silent. In fact, it is very silent. It is the time of the afternoon, Yellow sunlight of the September is spreading everywhere. A few yellow leaves have started to become yellow and they are ready to fall. All the poisonous seeds of the tree have already fallen.
This silence of the tree is maintained only till the time the goldfinch arrives there. She is abrupt, sleek and alert before entering into her nest. As soon as she enters into the nest a machine of the birds' voices like chittering, trilling and tremor of wings. The whole tree starts to tremble and thrill. This nest is the engine of her family. She is stocking it with the fuel of grains. After that she again reaches to the branch end. The tree is yellow, the bird is yellow so it is difficult to trace the bird. This identity mask is opened only by the black bars on the forehead of the bird. Giving very strange, delicate whistling, chirruping and whispering sound the bird flies towards the sky. The laburnum tree returns to emptiness and silence.

#25 Following is a dialogue. Read the dialogue and complete the paragraph

Ravi--- Hello Rahul, how are you?
Rahul--- Thank you Ravi. I am fine.
Ravi-- How are you spending your autumn break?
Rahul--- Nothing special. I am at home only. I am spending my time in study and indoor games.
Ravi-- Same here. I also can not go anywhere because of half yearly examination.
Rahul-- Yes, so sad, we can not do anything.


Ravi asked Rahul..................................(a). Rahul thanked Ravi and told that.......................(b)Ravi asked how......................................(c). Rahul told that it was nothing special.He was at home only and..............................(d). Ravi agreed with him and said that...................................(e). Rahul told that................................................(f).

#24 This is the notebook of a student. Samples of some answers which he has done, are here. There are some grammatical errors there. Edit the answers. Errors may be related with spellings also.Each line has two errors.

(A) One day Kezia had to sleep alone. His mother is
       admit in hospital. She tried to slept but could not.
       The cook of there family consoled him. But she
        had nightmares. She saw a bucher attack at her.
        She cried but her father reach to her. He asked
        her if it is the same nightmare. She took her into
        his lap. It is the first time, Kezia relised that her
        father was not as hard as he look. His hardness is
        very nice.
(B)   Iswaran asked his master if he has seen any gost
        last night. Mahendra was confirm that Iswaran is
        right. Iswaran told her that the land which they
        are living, was a graveyard many year ago. Mahendra
        is so afrad that he decided to leave the place.

#23 Change the speech of following sentences--

1. Sohan said to his sister, 'You can call me any time.'
2. Radha said to her brother, 'Why are you calling me again and again?'
3. The teacher said to students, 'You can start writing now'.
4. He said to his mother, 'Who are you to order me?
5. Chandan said to his father, 'I have not been given any homework during autumn break'.
6. Mohan said to his students, 'Open your books.'
7. I said to him,' She can come here any time.'
8. Raju said to his father, 'Today it is my extra class.'
9. You said to my sister, 'Where is Ramesh?'
10. I said to her, 'Don't make fuss on this issue."