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  When I cry the hills laugh; When I humble myself the flowers rejoice; When I bow, all things are elated. (a) Explain the first two lines of the stanza. (b) How does the rain help all things to be elated? (c) When do the flowers make merry?

Answer:

                  (a) It is the daughter of Dawn that plucks the pearly rain from the crown of Ishtar. (b) Ishtar is the goddess of fertility. Ishtar is significant in the poem because rain helps the nature to add to its fertility. (c) When droplets fall down to the Earth from clouds, they are pearly round and pearly white in the sun shine.