Dust of Snow
Thinking about the poem
1. What is a “dust of snow”? What does the poet say has changed his mood? How has the poets mood changed?
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2. How does fraust present nature in this poem? The following questions may help you to think of an answer? (i) What are the birds that are usually named in poem? Do you think a crow is often mentioned in poems? What images come to your mind when you think of a crow?
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(ii) Again, What is ” a hemcock tree”? Why does not the poet write about a more “beautiful” tree such as a male, or an aak, or a pine?
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(iii) What do the ‘crow’ and “hemlock” represent joy or sorrow? What does the dust of snow that the crow shakes off a hemlock tree stand for ?
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3. Have there been tomes when you felt depressed and hopeless? Have you experienced a similar moment that changed your mood that day?
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