This document provides a summary of the poem "Rain on the Roof" by Coates Kinney. It begins by describing the humid, dark atmosphere with stars twinkling in the sky. It then notes that while darkness mourns with melancholy, the soft rain brings a spirit of peace. It summarizes that the poem expresses the joy and pleasure of sleeping while listening to the soft patter of summer rain on the roof of a cottage bedroom. The objective of the lesson is to understand, appreciate, and develop the habit of reading poems, and to admire the bliss of nature in the form of rain.

1. NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI
BHOPAL REGION
Presented By :Mr. Anand Singh , TGT English
JNV NAGDA (M.P,)

2. Rain on the Roof
By - Coates Kinney

3. Kinney was partly educated at Antioch
College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, studied law with
Thomas Corwin, and was admitted to the bar
in Cincinnati in 1856. After practising law about
three years, he became a journalist, and worked
on papers in Cincinnati, Xenia, Springfield,
Illinois and elsewhere, among them the daily
Cincinnati Times and the Ohio State Journal.
He was a paymaster in the U. S. Army from June
1861 until November 1865, and was mustered out
with the commission of brevet lieutenant-colonel
of volunteers. He was a delegate to the convention
that nominated Ulysses S. Grant for the
presidency in 1868, and its Ohio secretary. He was
senator from the 5th district in the Ohio
legislature 1882-1883, and delivered a speech
against “The Official Railroad Pass.”
He wrote poetry, and his verses were collected
in Keeuka and Other Poems (Cincinnati, 1855)
and Lyrics of the Ideal and the Real (1888). Of his
verses, “The Rain on the Roof,” which was set to
music, was the most popular.

4. When the humid shadows hover
Over all the starry spheres
And the melancholy darkness
Gently weeps in rainy tears,
What a bliss to press the pillow
Of a cottage-chamber bed
And lie listening to the patter
Of the soft rain overhead!
Every tinkle on the shingles
Has an echo in the heart;
And a thousand dreamy fancies
Into busy being start,
And a thousand recollections
Weave their air-threads into woof,
As I listen to the patter
Of the rain upon the roof.
Now in memory comes my mother,
As she used in years agone,
To regard the darling dreamers
Ere she left them till the dawn:
O! I feel her fond look on me
As I list to this refrain
Which is played upon the shingles
By the patter of the rain.

5. Objective OF THE LESSON
To understand the poem thoroughly
To inculcate the habit of reading poems
To admire the bliss of nature in the form of
rain

6. Summary OF THE LESSON
The humidity of the atmosphere is relatively high as it lingers below
the dark skies and the twinkling shimmering light of the stars forms into
roundness of visible source of light. Though the darkness mourns the
melancholic spirit of indescribable sadness, the soft rain sets in to compensate
it with the spirit of peace for the lonely night at hand. Kinney suddenly realizes
how much joy and pleasure of sleep he can attain when his head presses
against his pillow to conclude the long day into a goodnight’s rest. He can sleep
soundly like a little child in his cottage bedroom and listen to the patter of the
soft summer showers overhead on the roof.

7. tinkle: short, light ringing sounds
shingles: rectangular wooden tiles used on roofs
woof: weft, i.e. the threads woven across the loom
ere: old poetic word for ‘before’
refrain: a repeated part of a song or a poem; here, the sound of the rain
list: old poetic word for ‘listen’