Question

Write the substance of the poem"Dust of snow"? Please answer the question in a Standard way.[Mark:---5]. Word Limit =200–300words.​

Answer 1

Answer:

objective

To enable the students appreciate the beauty, rhyme and style of the poem.

To make students understand the thought and imagination contained in the poem.

To make students think about different human emotions and their effects.

To inspire them write their feelings in the form of short poems.

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Picture

Picture

Dust of snow: fine particles of snow.

Watching the fall of dust of snow is very enjoying in the high altitudes.

Hemlock Tree: a poisonous tree with small white flowers.

Hemlock is a poisonous tree found in mountain areas

key points

The poem describes a very simple happening in very simple words.

It tells us that sometimes even a small incident may prove to be of a larger significance.

The poet is upset in the beginning of the poem but a small incident of falling of snow changes his mood totally.

In the end of the poem the poet feels relaxed and thankful to the nature for saving his day from being wasted.

summary

The poet is upset and sitting under the hemlock tree. Suddenly a crow sitting on the tree shakes the tree and the fine particles of snow from tree falls on the poet. The soft and cold touch of snow changes the poet’s mood from sad to happy. He starts feeling soothed and refresh. In this way a simple moment proves to be very significant and saves rest of the day of poet from being wasted and held in regret.

The black crow is commonly a symbol of death and fear.

Since the crow is not associated with goodness, it is ironic that in this poem, it is doing a good deed by shaking off the snow.

Robert Frost didn’t choose to use an oak, maple or pine tree. No, instead he chose the hemlock tree which is usually associated with poison and toxicity. Anyway, the beautiful snow that adorns the poisonous hemlock tree’s branches is shaken off by a scary crow.

Robert Frost uses the elements of the fearsome crow and poisonous Hemlock tree to do something good – shake