8th standard English class

1. Welcome

4. Nalini sharma is a contemporary bilingual
Indian writer (Hindi & English). Her poems,
articles, essays, short stories, novels, etc have been
published in reputed journals like Alive, Poet,
Women’s Era, Free Expression etc. She has been
honoured with awards like Sahithya Sree, Bharath
Bhasa Bhusan, Sarojini Naidu Award etc.

5. First Showers
Nalini Sharma

8. Parched

9. Dried out with heat

10. Frayed

11. Worn at the edge

12. Weary

13. Very tired

14. Visage

15. A person’s
facial
expression

16. Gait

17. A person’s manner of
walking

18. Resplendent

19. Attracitive

20. Dampened

21. Slightly wet

22. Respite

23. A short period of
rest

24. Wading

25. Walk with effort
through water

26. The effective use of Poetic devices like
simile and metaphor in the poem adds beauty to
the poem.
SIMILE:
Eg: “like an infant”
METAPHOR:
Eg:”parched face”

27. Who is the author of
the poem?

28. Nalini sharma

29. What is the title of
the poem?

30. First Showers

31. What do the travellers
feel when it rains?

32. They feel relieved.

33. Write an appreciation of the
poem “First Showers”?

34. Write a note on your
experience on a rainy
day?

35. Thankyou