Q.8) Attempt any two of the following questi
a) What did the crow shake down the poet?
b) Who is the poet of the poem 'Dust of Snow
c) What are 'fire' and 'Ice' symbols of?
Q.9) Where was the poet and what happene
Answers
Explanation:
a) The crow shook branches of the tree under which the poet was sitting and some fine particles of dust of snow fell upon the the poet.
b) Robert Frost is the poet of the poem dust of snow.
c) the poem displace to darkest traits of humanity ie. capacity to hate as ice and capacity to be consumed bye desire as fire.
Fire represents desire which demonstrates aspects such as greed and jealousy. Ice is something called that has no worms it indicates hatred and indifference which is as cold as ice hatred makes us cold towards others feelings . Man is selfish , lustfull , indifferent and hateful .
Q. 9) the poet was upset and was sitting under a hemlock tree. Suddenly , sitting on the tree shook the tree and small find the stop particles of snow changed the poet's mood from sad to happy. He felt soothed and refreshed . In this way a simple moment proves to be very significant and saves the rest of the day of the poet from being wasted and held in regret. The event allowed him to see Life from a different angle.