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Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Dust of Snow

Dust of Snow 

By Robert Frost - 1874-1963

 

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.


 

"Dust of Snow" is a short poem by Robert Frost, published in the Pulitzer Prize-winning volume New Hampshire (1923). The poem's speaker, possibly the poet himself, is initially unhappy. But a sprinkling of snow, dislodged by a crow in the tree above the speaker, brings an element of surprise that partly "save[s]" the speaker's bad day. The poem thus shows how nature can lift people's moods, if only temporarily.

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1 comment:

  1. SusanFebruary 7, 2023 at 9:38 AM

    Love this one, Joe. Short and sweet. And the photo is perfect! <3

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