CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Dust of Snow by Robert Frost | Poetry Foundation.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is winter season and the poet is in a bad mood sitting quietly under the hemlock tree covered all over the snow. On spur of moment, a crow sitting on the branch of the tree shakes the tree, and the snow from tree falls on the poet.

Detailed explanation-3: -The poem “Dust of snow” is written by the famous American poet, Robert Frost. The poem was first published in “New Hampshire” in 1923. This collection awarded Robert Frost the Pulitzer prize as well.

Detailed explanation-4: -This poem stands for guiding a person who has lost all hopes and is very sad. The falling of dust of snow has changed the mood of the poet. The poet has mentioned crow and hemlock tree in this poem. Crow signifies his depressive and sorrowful mood and hemlock tree is a poisonous tree.

Detailed explanation-5: -Robert Frost, a well known American poet of nature, in this poem presents a moment that seems simple but has a larger significance. It is a highly symbolic poem. One day the poet was in a depressed mood.