Question

Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow in a line or two:

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) Where was the crow ?

(b) What did it shake on the poet ?

(c) What does the word, ‘rued’ mean ?

(d) What is the poet’s state of mind ?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

a. The crow was sitting on the hemlock tree.

b.It shook a heavy mass of snow on the poet.

c.'rued' means regretted deeply.

d.earlier the poet was in a depressed state of mind but after the falling of snow on him he felt that his day has been saved and changed his mood from gloomy to cheerful.

Answer 2

Answer:

(a) Ans_ The crow was in the way