Class 10 English poem -dust of snow extra questions
DUST OF SNOW
-Robert frost
SUMMARY
In the poetry 'dust of snow' the landscape of new England is beautiful depicted.The poem consist of two stanzas. Each stanza is made up of four lines.
SETTING
The poem is set on winter's day. The incident that the poet describes is somewhere outdoors, perhaps outside his house. He has described snow atop a hemlock tree, a coniferous tree that usually grows on hillsides, all over North America.
CENTRAL IDEA
the central idea of the poem is that even a small experience in life, can change one's mood. The crow and the shower of snowflakes falling on him. He was feeling depressed but the shower of flakes gladdened his heart. They helped him overcome his negative thoughts.
STANZAS FOR COMPREHENSION
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Questions :
(a) where was the poet
standing ?
(b) what was he doing ?
(c) what do the 'crow' and the 'snow' represent ?
(d) why has the poet used the symbol of a hemlock tree ?
ANSWERS:
(a) The poet was standing under a hemlock tree.
(b) He was reflecting on his life and its problems.
(c) The 'crow' is black and it symbolises sadness and depression. 'snow' is white and it symbolises purity.
(d) The poet had used the symbol of a hemlock tree because hemlock is associated with poison and sucide. He is in gloomy mood so he has chosen a Hemlock tree as a symbol.
OR
QUESTIONS:
(a) Describe the setting of the poem.
(b) Why does the poet compare the snowflakes with a dust of snow ?
(c) What is he describing ?
(d) How do you know that the poet was feeling depressed ?
ANSWERS:
(a) The setting of the poem is a winter day. It has snowed and the hemlock tree is covered with snowflakes. It is a depressing day and very few people can be seen outside.
(b)The poet compares the snowflakes with a dust of snow because they are very light.
(c) He is describing that the movement of the crow on the hemlock tree suddenly made a shower of snowflakes fall on him.
(d) the use of the symbols of a hemlock tree, the crow and the ice are symbolic. Hemlock is a kind of poison, the crow is associated with a bad omen and ice with a wintry day that is a depressing whether.All point towards his sullen mood.
2. Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had ruled.
QUESTIONS :
(a) What was the poet's mood ?
(b) Why was he in such a mood?
(c) Who and what was responsible for his mood to change ?
(d) Which word in the stanza means 'to feel sorry about' ?
ANSWERS :
(a) The poet was feeling depressed.
(b) He was in a sad mood because that particular day was one that he had not been looking forward to, and in fact. It was not going too well either. He had decided, in his mood, that his day would go to waste.
(c) The movement of a crow ona Hemlock tree caused snowflakes to fall on him which gladdened his heart and challenged his mood.
(d
-Robert frost
SUMMARY
In the poetry 'dust of snow' the landscape of new England is beautiful depicted.The poem consist of two stanzas. Each stanza is made up of four lines.
SETTING
The poem is set on winter's day. The incident that the poet describes is somewhere outdoors, perhaps outside his house. He has described snow atop a hemlock tree, a coniferous tree that usually grows on hillsides, all over North America.
CENTRAL IDEA
the central idea of the poem is that even a small experience in life, can change one's mood. The crow and the shower of snowflakes falling on him. He was feeling depressed but the shower of flakes gladdened his heart. They helped him overcome his negative thoughts.
STANZAS FOR COMPREHENSION
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Questions :
(a) where was the poet
standing ?
(b) what was he doing ?
(c) what do the 'crow' and the 'snow' represent ?
(d) why has the poet used the symbol of a hemlock tree ?
ANSWERS:
(a) The poet was standing under a hemlock tree.
(b) He was reflecting on his life and its problems.
(c) The 'crow' is black and it symbolises sadness and depression. 'snow' is white and it symbolises purity.
(d) The poet had used the symbol of a hemlock tree because hemlock is associated with poison and sucide. He is in gloomy mood so he has chosen a Hemlock tree as a symbol.
OR
QUESTIONS:
(a) Describe the setting of the poem.
(b) Why does the poet compare the snowflakes with a dust of snow ?
(c) What is he describing ?
(d) How do you know that the poet was feeling depressed ?
ANSWERS:
(a) The setting of the poem is a winter day. It has snowed and the hemlock tree is covered with snowflakes. It is a depressing day and very few people can be seen outside.
(b)The poet compares the snowflakes with a dust of snow because they are very light.
(c) He is describing that the movement of the crow on the hemlock tree suddenly made a shower of snowflakes fall on him.
(d) the use of the symbols of a hemlock tree, the crow and the ice are symbolic. Hemlock is a kind of poison, the crow is associated with a bad omen and ice with a wintry day that is a depressing whether.All point towards his sullen mood.
2. Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had ruled.
QUESTIONS :
(a) What was the poet's mood ?
(b) Why was he in such a mood?
(c) Who and what was responsible for his mood to change ?
(d) Which word in the stanza means 'to feel sorry about' ?
ANSWERS :
(a) The poet was feeling depressed.
(b) He was in a sad mood because that particular day was one that he had not been looking forward to, and in fact. It was not going too well either. He had decided, in his mood, that his day would go to waste.
(c) The movement of a crow ona Hemlock tree caused snowflakes to fall on him which gladdened his heart and challenged his mood.
(d
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