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Dust of Snow
The way a crow
Shook down on me Assou we
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
ROBERT FROST
Glossary
hemlock: A poisonous plant (tree) with small white flowers
rued: held in regret
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Thinking about the Poem
This poem presents a moment that seems simple, but has a larger significance
[Compare this other quotation from Robert Frost: “Always, always a large
significance... A little thing touches a larger thing.")
1. What is a "dust of snow”? What does the poet say has changed his mood
How has the poet's mood changed?
2. How does Frost present nature in this poem? The following questions ma
help you to think of an answer.
(i) What are the birds that are usually named in poems? Do you think
crow is often mentioned in poems? What images come to your min
when you think of a crow?
(ii) Again, what is "a hemlock tree"? Why doesn't the poet write about
more beautiful' tree such as a maple, or an oak, or a pine?
(iii) What do the crow' and 'hemlock' represent — joy or sorrow? What do
the dust of snow that the crow shakes off a hemlock tree stand for?
3. Have there been times when you felt depressed or hopeless? Have y
experienced a similar moment that changed your mood that day?​

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