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CLASS: X ENGLISH FIRST FLIGHT
Dust of Snow Literary Devices

i. Rhyme Scheme- abab cdcd
ii. Alliteration- the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected
words.
The instances of alliteration are as follows-
i. Has given my heart

ii. And saved some part
ii. inversion - when the structure of a sentence is changed by the poet to create rhyme, this poetic license
is called inversion. In stanza 1, inversion can be seen.
iii. assonance - the prominence of a vowel sound throughout a line is called assonance. In stanza 1, line 2
- “Shook down on me” - ‘o’ sound is prominent.
iv. enjambment - when the same sentence continues to the next line without the use of any punctuation
marks, it is called enjambment. It has been used thorughout the poem.
Dust of Snow Summary

The short poem by Robert Frost throws light upon the unimaginable healing power of nature and tiny things.
From a bad mood to ill-health, there is nothing that can’t be cured by nature. The author was experiencing one
such bad day when a crow’s movement near a hemlock tree dusted snow upon him. The snow instantly
makes him happier. His day gets a lot better. Thus, the supremacy of nature as a whole made him realise how
petty his problem was. The fact that hemlock tree is poisonous combined with crow being the indicator of
doom and fear are used in the poem as the carriers of happiness in the life of narrator is ironical. The poet,
through these objects has tried to highlight that sometimes creatures linked with negative aspects of life can
be the bringer of change and happiness. Being outdoors in nature, with all it’s unpredictability can benefit
anyone, anywhere at any time.

Dust of Snow Question and Answers

Q1. What is a “dust of snow”? What does the poet say has changed his mood? How has the poet’s mood
changed?
A. “Dust of snow” refers to the tiny particles of snow. The particles are so small that poet referred to them as
“dust”. The poet was in an awful mood when particles of snow had fallen on him. This changed the poet’s
frame of mind instantly and his day got a lot better.
Q 2. How does Frost present nature in this poem? The following questions may help you to think of an
answer.
(i) What are the birds that are usually named in poems? Do you think a crow is often mentioned in poems?
What images come to your mind when you think of a crow?
A. Birds like sparrow, nightingale and peacock are more than often named in poems. Unlike these birds,
crows are often seen as the indicators of doom and fear. They are often used for negative references.
(ii) Again, what is “a hemlock tree”? Why doesn’t the poet write about a more ‘beautiful’ tree such as a maple,
or an oak, or a pine?
A. Trees are also seen as mighty creatures imparting wisdom as they’re too old. They give out oxygen and
absorb the carbon dioxide which is connected with absorbing all the negative energy. But there are trees that
are poisonous too, like a hemlock tree. The poet does not mention a more ‘beautiful’ tree such as maple, oak
or pine because he wants to indicate a sad scene. Being poisonous, a hemlock tree is considered bad and so,
he refers to it.
(iii) What do the ‘crow’ and ‘hemlock’ represent — joy or sorrow? What does the dust of snow that the crow
shakes off a hemlock tree stand for?
A. Both crow and the hemlock tree represent sorrow. Frost has used both the negative creatures (crow and
the hemlock tree) as the carriers of positivism and strength that transformed his day for the better. By not
using birds like sparrow and nightingale and trees like maple, oak or a pine, the poet has tried to break down
all the preconceived notions we have about certain agents of nature. He has tried to make us understand that
we see the world not as how it is, but as how we want to see it. Thus, the crow sitting and a hemlock tree
together made his day better. The dust of snow stands for joy.

Dust of Snow Poem and Explanation
The way a crow

Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Shook- shake
Hemlock- a poisonous tree with small white flowers
The poem is set in a scene where the poet is in a bad mood and is walking by a tree, a hemlock tree.
Hemlock tree is a poisonous tree. As he passes by, a crow happens to throw some snow dust on him.
Whether it falls on his head or shoulders is unknown as there is no specific mention in the poem. Also, the
readers are left in doubt about the bird’s specific action. Whether the crow was landing, shivering with cold, re
adjusting itself on the branch or taking off, it happened to send some particles of snow upon the author. Here,
the two agents of nature, the hemlock tree and the crow are signifiers of sadness and gloom just like the
poet’s mood was in the opening scene.
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
Rued- held in regret
For reasons unknown, the author was having a terrible day. But the falling of the snow on his head lifted his
mood instantly. He had already spent his day in a bad mood but the rest of it was saved by the crow and the
hemlock tree. Generally, hemlock tree and crow are used for negative references but the poet used them
beautifully to portray that inauspicious things can bring joy and happiness too. One must not take things for
granted and should be open and accept whichever way the nature chooses to bless us.
LESSON 1 : A LETTER TO GOD BY G.L.FLUENTES
MIND-MAP
Lencho was a farmer.
His house was the only house in the valley and top of a hill.
Lencho's field needed rain for a good harvest.
He looked expectantly at the sky and it did rain at last.
The drops of rain was like coins for him.
But his happiness was short lived as very large hailstones began to fall after the rain.
The hailstones destroyed all leaves on trees , plants and flowers
There would be no crop on that year.
There was single hope God
He wrote a letter to Good on following Sunday.
He needed 100 pesos to sow his field again and to live until the new crop came.
He wrote To God on envelope and put it into mailbox.
The postmaster laughed heartily and took it into postmaster.
Postmaster read letter and show faith in God so decided to help Lencho.
He collected seventy pesos only from employee and himself distributed a part of salary.
The letter reach to Lencho with signature of god in it with money.
Lencho's happiness was turned into anger when there was thirty pesos short of the money.
So. he wrote another letter to good remainding Him that he received 70 pesos sent by
Him.
He asked God not to send the rest of 30 pesos through mail as post office employee were
bunch of crooks.
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KENDRIYA VIYALAYA NO.

1UPPAL, HYDERABAD 202-2021

On-line content , On-line Teaching ,On-line evaluation

CLASS: X ENGLISH FIRST FLIGHT

Dust of Snow Literary Devices

The instances of alliteration are as follows-

i. Has given my heart

Dust of Snow Summary

Dust of Snow Question and Answers

Dust of Snow Poem and Explanation

The way a crow

Lencho was a farmer.

Lencho's field needed rain for a good harvest.

He looked expectantly at the sky and it did rain at last.

The drops of rain was like coins for him.

The hailstones destroyed all leaves on trees , plants and flowers

There would be no crop on that year.

There was single hope God

He wrote a letter to Good on following Sunday.

He wrote To God on envelope and put it into mailbox.

The postmaster laughed heartily and took it into postmaster.

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