Saturday, January 29, 2022

"Dust of Snow" by Robert Frost

 

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.



Enjoy the poem with beautiful music.


poem video👇

https://youtu.be/Vk5kQnXQNvI





Who wrote the poem "Dust of Snow"?


Robert Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963)

Robert Frost was an American poet who was born in San Francisco, California. Frost’s life was marked by grief and loss. When he was 11, his father died of tuberculosis, leaving just eight dollars. Frost’s mother died of cancer when he was 26. Mental illness ran in his family. He and his mother suffered from depression, and his sister and his daughter were committed to mental hospitals. Using realistic depictions of rural life, his poems often examined complex social and philosophical themes. Frost’s first book was published at the age of 40, but he ended up winning four Pulitzer Prizes for poetry and becoming the most famous poet of his time.



"Dust of Snow"  explanation


In the poem, the speaker describes a simple yet beautiful scene in nature where a crow causes the dust of snow fall down on him from the treetop. This simple event somehow changes the speaker’s (apparently bad) mood. Using minimalistic approach, the poet is perhaps trying to show nature’s pure beauty and curative power.


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