% How does Frost present nature in this poem? The following questions may help you to think of an answer. (1) What are the birds that are usually named in poems? Do you think a crow is often mentioned in poems? What images come to your mind when you think of a crow? (ii) Again, what is "a hemlock tree"? Why doesn't the poet write about a 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 does the dust of snow that the crow shakes off a hemlock tree stand for? Have there been times when you felt depressed or hopeless? Have you experienced a similar moment that changed your mood that day?
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-While in other nature poems we come across birds such as nightingales or sparrows, Frost has used a crow in this poem. A crow can be associated with something dark, black, and foreboding. That is why other poets usually mention singing nightingales or beautiful white doves in their poems.
-While in other nature poems we come across birds such as nightingales or sparrows, Frost has used a crow in this poem. A crow can be associated with something dark, black, and foreboding. That is why other poets usually mention singing nightingales or beautiful white doves in their poems.-A hemlock tree is a poisonous tree with white flowers. The post has deliberately dropped beautiful trees like maple, oak or pine because he wants the imagery to represent his sorrow stricken and depressed mind well. But the tree becomes an instrument of change from sadness to happiness in the poet's mind.
-While in other nature poems we come across birds such as nightingales or sparrows, Frost has used a crow in this poem. A crow can be associated with something dark, black, and foreboding. That is why other poets usually mention singing nightingales or beautiful white doves in their poems.-A hemlock tree is a poisonous tree with white flowers. The post has deliberately dropped beautiful trees like maple, oak or pine because he wants the imagery to represent his sorrow stricken and depressed mind well. But the tree becomes an instrument of change from sadness to happiness in the poet's mind.-The crow and hemlock represent sorrow. It shows that the poet is feeling depressed and hopeless. The dust of snow that the crow shakes off a hemlock tree stands for joy. The simple incident changes his mood and he becomes happy for the rest of the day.