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Comment 8 of 8, added on March 4th, 2006 at 4:29 PM.
This poem is amazing.
Emerson, like many other transcendentalists, writes of nature prasingly. In
"The Snow-storm," he does not only praise nature's work, but he also
depicts that man cannot compete with or control nature. "The mad wind's
night-work" is "so fanciful, so savage," yet "nought cares he / For number
or proportion," proving himself of a much higher status than man who works
so long and plans so hard to create his own "slow structures" of which
nature can construct, "stone by stone," in only a day. The "farmer sighs"
because after viewing what nature has created of his lands and home, he
realizes that his only choice is to stay with his "housemates… / Around the
radiant fireplace, enclosed / In a tumultuous privacy or storm."
Deborah from China
Comment 7 of 8, added on February 28th, 2006 at 4:19 PM.
emerson shows that man has to do what he feels whenever he feels like it.
The title the snow storm shows that really well. a storm can come and go as
it pleases and that is what emerson is suggesting. don't do what people
expect or think you should do. this is a common theme among other
transcendetalists.
diva from United States
Comment 6 of 8, added on January 26th, 2006 at 11:19 AM.
this is on crazy poem ithink that this dude must have been on sume kind of
drugs when he wrote it. i have studied many of the poems be emerson and i
feel like he must have a huge stock of drugs that he did all the time.
man of the world from United States
Comment 5 of 8, added on January 24th, 2006 at 7:49 AM.
ı think this poem shows how weak we are against nature.
burcu from Turks and Caicos Islands
Comment 4 of 8, added on December 1st, 2005 at 1:24 PM.
Living in Indiana and experiencing snow, you can understand the effects
that a storm can make visibility hard. As in life sitiuations they look
like a snow storm your visibilty is hampered. Rest assured the new day will
dawn and what a work is left, in your life like the beauty of the
snow....you are wiser for the storm.
Mdchurch from United States
Comment 3 of 8, added on November 26th, 2005 at 3:32 PM.
I dont think that guy is really from canada
a guy from Ethiopia
Comment 2 of 8, added on November 13th, 2005 at 8:35 PM.
I feel more confused reading your useless coment than from actually reading
the poem. Thanks.
Bob from United States
Comment 1 of 8, added on January 12th, 2005 at 6:22 AM.
this poem very intresting,because the poet uses the metaphor,and very
amazing makes readers feels confused to analysis this poem.
edna from Indonesia
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This poem is amazing.
Emerson, like many other transcendentalists, writes of nature prasingly. In
"The Snow-storm," he does not only praise nature's work, but he also
depicts that man cannot compete with or control nature. "The mad wind's
night-work" is "so fanciful, so savage," yet "nought cares he / For number
or proportion," proving himself of a much higher status than man who works
so long and plans so hard to create his own "slow structures" of which
nature can construct, "stone by stone," in only a day. The "farmer sighs"
because after viewing what nature has created of his lands and home, he
realizes that his only choice is to stay with his "housemates… / Around the
radiant fireplace, enclosed / In a tumultuous privacy or storm."
Deborah from China