Q1: What do the following phrases mean to you?
(i) Humid shadows: These refer to the dark, heavy clouds in the sky before rain.
(ii) Starry spheres: This could be a poetic reference to the night sky dotted with stars.
(iii) What a bliss: This is an expression of immense pleasure or happiness.
(iv) A thousand dreamy fancies into busy being start: This implies that the sound of the rain brings about various thoughts, dreams, and imaginations in the poet’s mind.
(v) A thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof: This suggests that numerous memories are intertwined or come together as the poet listens to the rain.
(ii) Starry spheres: This could be a poetic reference to the night sky dotted with stars.
(iii) What a bliss: This is an expression of immense pleasure or happiness.
(iv) A thousand dreamy fancies into busy being start: This implies that the sound of the rain brings about various thoughts, dreams, and imaginations in the poet’s mind.
(v) A thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof: This suggests that numerous memories are intertwined or come together as the poet listens to the rain.
Q2: What does the poet like to do when it rains?
The poet likes to lay in his bed and listen to the patter of the rain on the roof, as it stirs various thoughts, memories, and feelings within him.
Q3: What is the single major memory that comes to the poet? Who are the “darling dreamers” he refers to?
The single major memory that comes to the poet is that of his mother. The “darling dreamers” he refers to could possibly be himself and maybe his siblings when they were children.
Q4: Is the poet now a child? Is his mother still alive?
The poet is reminiscing about his childhood, so he is not a child anymore. The poem does not provide explicit information about whether his mother is still alive.