Q1. Read the given extracts carefully and answer the question given below:-
The way a crow
Shook down on me
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.
(a) What do the 'crow' and 'hemlock' symbolise
Answers
Answer:
The crow and the hemlock tree represent sorrow. The dust of snow that is shaken off the hemlock tree by the crow stands for joy that Frost experiences. He has, therefore, used an unconventional tree and bird in order to contrast them with joy in the form of snow.
Answer:
a) Dust of snow refers to the small particles of snow.
b) 'The dust of snow' stands for joy.
c) A 'hemlock tree' is a poisonous plant(tree) with small white flowers.
d) The rhyme scheme of this stanza is 'Arabs'.
e) The poem is 'The dust of snow' and its poet is Robert Frost.
f) The crow alighted on a hemlock tree and shook its branch from which the snow fell on the poet and his mood changed.
g) Earlier the poet was in a bad mood.He thought that his day was ruined. But after the falling of snow, his mood changed and he became happy and got filled with positive energy and thoughts.
h) Both crow and hemlock tree symbolise something bad or inauspicious. But in the poem, the crow shakes the hemlock tree and a dust of snow falls on the poet which changes his mood from sad to happy.
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