CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

DUST OF SNOW

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why do you think the day had not gone well for the poet in the poem Dust of Snow?
A
He had not earned a single penny
B
He had not met his friends
C
It had been a very dull & disappointing day
D
All of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The whole day had been rather gloomy, dull and hopeless. The poet had a feeling that the whole day would go waste. However, the falling of fine dust of snow on him suddenly changes his mood. It cheered his depressed spirits.

Detailed explanation-2: -Solution : The poet was in low spirits. A feeling of gloom and depression overpowered him. He felt that the whole day had gone waste. But the fall of dust of snow on him brought a new change in him.

Detailed explanation-3: -The poet’s mood changed from that of dismay to joy. He was holding the day in regret when this dust of snow fell on him and this simple little thing brought him some joy.

Detailed explanation-4: -The poet was sad and depressed until the dust of snow fall on him. After the dust of snow fall on him he thinks that he had been wasting his day by regretting for something. When the dust of snow falls on him his mood changes from dismay to happy.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer. Answer: He thought that it was his bad day before dust of snow fall on him.

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