hello friends ...........question answer of lesson dust of Snow NCERT class 10th
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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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1. What side of nature do 'crow' and 'hemlock tree' represent?
Answer: The ‘crow’ and ‘hemlock tree’ in the poem Dust of Snow represent the dark side of nature. Crow is not as beautiful a bird as robin, nightingale, parrots, doves, sparrows, pigeons, etc. are; similarly, hemlock tree is poisonous and there are more beautiful trees in nature also such as pine, oak, teak, etc. The snow in the poem represents the bright side of nature.
2. What are the birds that are usually named in poem dust of snow?do you think a crow is often mentioned in poems? what images come to your mind when you think of a crow?
Usually beautiful and singing words such as robin, nightingale, parrots, doves, sparrows, pigeons, etc. are mentioned in poems; crows are very rarely mentioned in poems. Since crows are very clever birds. They are associated with fables such as ‘Thirsty Crow’. Crows are also associated with evil themes such as ‘Death Eaters’ in Harry Potter.
3. The poet says that he rued most of the day. What do you think this implies? In poem dust of snow.
To rue means to feel bad about something that happened or something you did because it had bad results. The poet had been feeling bad because something bad might have happened. In the poem Dust of Snow, the poet’s mood was transformed by a nature. As he was enjoying an evening walk on a wintry evening, a crow inadvertently threw some snow on him while he was passing under a tree. This uplifted the poet’s mood which had been melancholy for some personal reason.
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