CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -The crow and the hemlock tree represent sorrow. The dust of snow that is shaken off the hemlock tree by the crow stands for joy that Frost experiences. He has, therefore, used an unconventional tree and bird in order to contrast them with joy in the form of snow.

Detailed explanation-2: -The dust of snow that the crow shakes off a hemlock tree means passing through the sad and depressing moments the poet is entering into the time full of joy and optimism.

Detailed explanation-3: -A crow sitting on a hemlock tree shook the tree in such a way that some dust of snow fell on the poet. This changed his mood and he became happy and relaxed.

Detailed explanation-4: -hemlock, (genus Tsuga), any of about 14 species of coniferous evergreen trees comprising the genus Tsuga of the family Pinaceae, native to North America and central and eastern Asia. Some are important timber trees, and many are popular ornamentals.

Detailed explanation-5: -A hemlock tree is a tree known to be associated with something negative and poisonous. The poet does not write about a more ‘beautiful’ tree because he probably wanted to suggest that something considered inauspicious doesn’t necessarily mean something bad.