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    A crow shook snow from a hemlock tree onto the poet below, changing his mood. The poet had been in a depressive state before this simple event occurred. The falling dust of snow from the crow lifted his spirits and saved at least part of the day for him, which he had previously felt was wasted.

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    DUST OF SNOW

    -Robert Frost
    INTRODUCTION: A thing of Beauty is a Joy forever
    Change the way you look at things ...and the things you look at change
    DUST OF SNOW
    The way a crow
    Shook down on me
    The dust of snow
    From a Hemlock tree

    Has given my heart


    A change of mood
    And saved some part
    Of a day I had rued
    VOCABULARY

    Shook: Emotionally or physically disturbed or upset


    Hemlock: a poisonous plant with small white flowers
    Rued : held in regret
    GIST
    It ’s a winter’s day
    The poet was sitting under a snow covered hemlock tree which is poisonous.
    A crow alighted on the tree and and mass of snow flakes started falling on
    the poet who was sitting under the tree.
    The images of crow and the hemlock tree are quite ordinary.
    But it had an impact on the poet’s mind.
    Before this the poet was in a depressive mood.
    But this simple act of a crow throwing flakes of snow had a positive impact
    on him.
    The fall of snow over him changes his mood and mental state.
    It lifted his mood
    The day was otherwise not favourable for him.
    But the fall of snow made him realise that even trivial things bring
    happiness on your way.
    If he had not experienced such a pleasant experience,he would have
    regretted the wastage of the whole day.
    POETIC DEVICES
    ALLITERATION:
    Alliteration is the repetition of same consonant sound in
    the nearby words.
    •Has given my heart
    •And save some part
    RHYME SCHEME
    Rhyme Scheme is the pattern of rhyming lines in a stanza or
    throughout the poem.
    The rhyme scheme in the Dust of Snow is :
    The way a crow-a
    Shook down on me-b
    The dust of snow-a
    From a hemlock tree –b
    Rhyme scheme-abab
    Comprehension Questions
    1]Who shook down the hemlock tree?
    2]What fell on the poet?
    3]In what mood was the poet earlier?
    4] What was the effect of the fall of the
    dust of snow on the poet?
    5]What was saved for the poet?
    6] Under which tree was the poet sitting?
    THEME
    Communication between nature and humans
    Nature healing and helping with negative human
    motions
    The significance of trivial things
    The poem tells us that even trivial things in life ca
    ake big changes .
    Every thing around us has its own feel and
    portance.
    If we have the capacity to find positivity out of
    ything negative that makes life different
    MESSAGE
    he message conveyed through the poem
    Dust Of Snow’ by Robert Frost is that in
    fe we can very easily find positivity out o
    egative things too. A true frame of mind
    with a positive feel can very easily come
    ut of any negativity of life to live it to the
    ullest with vigour and valour.
    Meet the poet …..
    Robert Frost
    ROBERT LEE FROST, an American Poet
    •Born :26 March 1874 Died : 29 January 1963
    •Poems: The Road not Taken, Stopping by woods on a snowy
    evening, Mending wall etc..

    QUOTES:
    Two Roads diverged in a yellow wood ...
    And I ..I..took the one less travelled by
    And that has made all the difference

    Woods are lovely dark and deep


    But I have promises to keep
    Miles to go before I sleep
    Miles to go before I sleep
    ASSIGNMENT
    1] What had given the poet a change of mood?

    2]What does the crow and hemlock tree symbolise?

    3]What is the central idea of the poem?

    4]Positive attitude can change the entire world :


    {Taking ideas from Dust of snow , compose a
    short poem on the same theme.}
    THANK YOU

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