The poem "Dust of Snow" shows nature inspired Robert Frost. Comment.(In about 100-120 words)
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When the particles of snow fell on the poet when he was passing by near a hemlock tree, his mood was drastically transformed. He had been in a gloomy and a foul mood throughout the day. He felt adverse that sorrow had spoilt a major part of the day. but as soon as he came in the lap of nature he could spent the rest of the day with the happy spirits. The poet explains that the sprinkles of dust of snow over him caused by the crow's sudden flight from the hemlock tree. In fact it was a suddenness of this contact with the exquisite nature that shook him out of his gloomy and pensive mood and set in some joy and cheerfulness. As the crow, the hemlock and the snow symbolises the world of nature in the poem. Although traditionally, all the three stands for unpleasant, harsh aspects of nature - a crow symbolising jarring music and impending sorrowful events. The hemlock symbolises death whereas the snow symbolises barrenness and suffering. But in the poem they all have been transformed into objects of nature that relieve gloom and sadness. The poet had used there symbols as catalysts in shifting his mood from despair to cheerfulness.