Read the following stanza carefully and answer the questions briefly.
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
Questions.
a) What is the dust of snow?
b) What does 'the dust of snow' stand for?
c) What is a 'hemlock tree'?
d) What is the rhyme scheme of the above stanza ?
e) Name the poem and poet.
f) What did the crow do to the hemlock tree?
g) What mood of the poet is conveyed here?
h) What did the crow and the hemlock symbolise?
Answers
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 'abab'.
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 mokd from sad to happy.
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