A short summary on poem dust of snow
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In the first stanza, the poet says that one day, he was on the way which means that he was outside, roaming around in the open. Suddenly in the winter season, a crow shook on him the dust of snow from a hemlock tree.
Here we have three important things which have a significant role in society. First, there is a crow which is black and often considered as the symbol of death, doom and ill-omen. Also, the crow shook snow on the poet and not threw. Thus it is obvious that the crow was shivering with the chilly cold – again a symbol of doom.
Next, we have the dust of snow. The word “dust” reminds one of nothingness. In Islamic and Christian Theology, we have often read,
“dust thou are and to dust thou will return”
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So, dusk again becomes another ill-omen and indicates bad-luck or doom or something terrible.
Finally, we have a hemlock tree. Hemlock is a poisonous tree which was once used by Socrates to commit suicide. Thus hemlock tree is also the symbol of bad-luck or doom.
The poet here cleverly uses all these images to show that his day was quite bad and waste. He was stuck among ample of ill-omens which would have ruined his remaining day as well. But the stanza ends leaving the reader in thoughts about the worst which might occur soon as the poet has encountered with so many bad-omens at the same time.
One important thing worth noticing here is that the whole poem is written in a single sentence. Though the stanza ends in the 4th line, the sentence has not ended which indicates the continuity of mood.
Stanza 2
In the previous stanza, we had guessed that something bad will happen in the final stanza. But all the three things (which are the signs of ill-omens) have rather a good effect on the poet. The poet says that the crow, the dust of snow and the hemlock tree has given a change of mood to his heart.
Ironically, the poet feels good when the dust of snow (which is quite light-weight) falls on him and he feels that some part of the day which was wasted was saved. He is feeling good now.
The poem thus gives us the message that one should never become hopeless and sorrowful when he faces a problem. A person can get relief and inspiration even in the worst situation.
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key points
The poem describes a very simple happening in very simple words.
It tells us that sometimes even a small incident may prove to be of a larger significance.
The poet is upset in the beginning of the poem but a small incident of falling of snow changes his mood totally.
In the end of the poem the poet feels relaxed and thankful to the nature for saving his day from being wasted.
summary
The poet is upset and sitting under the hemlock tree. Suddenly a crow sitting on the tree shakes the tree and the fine particles of snow from tree falls on the poet. The soft and cold touch of snow changes the poet’s mood from sad to happy. He starts feeling soothed and refresh. In this way a simple moment proves to be very significant and saves rest of the day of poet from being wasted and held in regret.
The black crow is commonly a symbol of death and fear.
Since the crow is not associated with goodness, it is ironic that in this poem, it is doing a good deed by shaking off the snow.
Robert Frost didn’t choose to use an oak, maple or pine tree. No, instead he chose the hemlock tree which is usually associated with poison and toxicity. Anyway, the beautiful snow that adorns the poisonous hemlock tree’s branches is shaken off by a scary crow.
Robert Frost uses the elements of the fearsome crow and poisonous Hemlock tree to do something good – shake the white, pure snow off the branches. This good act lifts the suicidal person’s spirits causing him to change his mind about killing himself. The small act causes the man to have an enlightened insight.
We have a poisonous Hemlock tree covered in pure, white snow and a man who is depressed, planning to kill himself and walking under the tree. At that precise moment, the black crow of death shakes the pure, good snow onto the man. All that goodness helps the man to change his mind about killing himself. Instead, he decides to live, forget the regret and sorrow to enable healing.
The poem, Dust of Snow by Robert Frost, reiterates that the little things in life can make huge changes in our future. It also shows that if we can take the hard times of life in stride, eventually something will happen to change our situation into happier times. The simple things we do for others can make all the difference. Just think about those random acts of kindness we do and how much they brighten a person’s day and sometimes change their future.
Noticing and appreciating all the small things in life will make our life happier. It will also cause us to have a spirit that is willing to change and therefore succeed.
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