1. And who art thou? said I to the soft-falling shower.

Question

Notice the following sentence patterns. 

 1. And who art thou? said I to the soft-falling shower.  

2. I am the Poem of Earth, said the voice of the rain.  

3. Eternal I rise 

4. For song…duly with love returns Rewrite the above sentences in prose.

Answer 1

1. I inquired from the soft-falling rain about its identity.

  2. The voice of the rain introduced itself as the Poem of Earth. 

 3. The voice of the rain explained its upward movement towards the sky as eternal.   

4. The poet says that, similar to the natural cycle of the rain, a song originates from the heart of the poet, travels to reach others and after fulfilling its purpose (whether acknowledged or not), it returns to the poet with all due love.