The document is a poem that uses clues to describe something without directly stating it. It says "I fall but I don’t get hurt", "I pour but I’m not a jug", "I help plants grow but I’m not the sun", and "I can make you wet but I’m not a bath". It then asks "Who am I?".

1. I fall but I don’t get hurt
I pour but I’m not a jug
I help plants grow but I’m
not the sun
I can make you wet but I’m
not a bath.
Who am I ?

5.  Contemporary bilingual Indian writer (Hindi &
English).
 Poems, articles, essays, novels etc. published in the
reputed journals – Chattisgarh Today, Women’s Era,
Free Expression etc.
 Honoured awards like – Sahitya Sree, Bharat
Bhasa Bhusan, Tulika Samman, Best Poet of the
Year 2003 by Poets International etc….

6. Parched :
Very dry

7. Soak :
Completely wet

8. Soothe :
Feel calmer

9. Fray :
weak

10. Fatigue :
Great tiredness

11. Visage :
Face

12. Bosom :
Chest

13. Gait :
Way of walking

14. 1. Who is the author of the poem
“First Showers” ?

15. Nalini Sharma

16. 2. How does the rain soothe the
poet’s nerves ?

17. The rain soothes the poet by getting
rid of heat and fatigue.

18. Simile :
Simile is a figure of speech that draws a
comparison between two things.
e.g :- 1.“My love is like a red, red rose”.
2. “ I wandered lonely as a cloud”.
Such words as “like”, “as” which draw a
comparison.

19. Metaphors :-
Metaphor describes something by
suggesting that it is identical to another
thing.
e.g. :- “My love is a red, red rose”.