CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -The poem, Dust of Snow by Robert Frost, reiterates that the little things in life can make huge changes in our future. It also shows that if we can take the hard times of life in stride, eventually something will happen to change our situation into happier times.

Detailed explanation-2: -He feels that he was innocent and pure when he was a kid which he has lost while growing up. Throughout the poem, he tries to find the moment where he grew up and lost his innocence. The poet writes about self-discovery using his childhood as a medium.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: The poet says that once he was in a sad, depressive mood and was sitting under hemlock tree. A crow, sitting on the same tree shook off the dust of Snow i.e, small particles of snow that remain on the surface after the snow fall, on thepoet. This simple action change thepoet’s mood.

Detailed explanation-4: -Yes, it is true that small things can make significant changes in our lives, as in the case of the speaker in Frost’s poem, ‘Dust Of Snow’. The speaker is out on a walk and happens to walk under a hemlock tree when a crow sits on a branch of the same tree and causes some snow to fall onto the speaker.