10th Eng CBSE, First flight, Poem-1 Dust Of Snow 4 Solved extracts, paraphrase
Poem-1 DUST OF SNOW by Robert Frost Read the following stanzas and answer the given questions: Ex tract {1} The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree GLOSSARY Dust of snow: fine particles of snow; hemlock tree: a poisonous plant. PARAPHRASE The poet is upset and sitting under the hemlock tree. Suddenly a crow sitting on the tree shakes the tree and the fine particles of snow from tree falls on the poet. QUESTIONS (a) Where is the poet sitting presently? (b) How is the poet feeling presently? (c) What do you know about the weather out there? (d) What kind of a tree is hemlock ? (e) How does the 'dust of snow' affect the poet? (f) Give the rhyme scheme as used in the above stanza. Answer A.Ans. The poet is sitting somewhere under a hemlock tree. B.Ans. He is feeling sad and dejected. C.Ans. It is quite cold naturally as the snow has covered almost everything out there. D.Ans. It is kind of a poisonous and toxic ...