Sudden Storm

This task is about understanding the language used in a poem.

Read the poem Sudden Storm by Elizabeth Coatsworth (Junior Journal 5, 1990). Then answer the following questions. 

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a)  Why do the umbrellas appear?
     

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b)  What are "red, blue, yellow and green"
     

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c)  Write down the two words in the poem that describe how umbrellas "move like flowers".
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d)  The poem starts with the words, "the rain comes in sheets". What does this mean?
     

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e)  The poem says umbrellas "grow when it showers." What does this mean?
     
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