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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.

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Dust of Snow - Comments and Information

Poet: Robert Frost (Robert Frost Art)
Poem: 19. Dust of Snow
Volume: New Hampshire
Year: Published/Written in 1923
Poem of the Day: Jan 22 2004

Comment 76 of 76, added on December 3rd, 2009 at 9:59 PM.
moron

i thot this poem wazzzzz relly boring nd i have to do a project on it boring zzzzzzzz

moron from New Zealand
Comment 75 of 76, added on May 12th, 2009 at 12:31 AM.

This poem is all about death. Hemlock trees were poisonous, and while sitting under one, the crow shook dust onto his head.

When Frost mentions the day he "rued", he meant the day he lived. By the end of this poem, the subject was dead. It's a very sad, dark poem, and it's said that this was how Frost thought of his life when it was written.

Rachel from United States
Comment 74 of 76, added on April 5th, 2009 at 2:30 PM.

I think this is about someone very pessimistic but then the snow falls on him and his life gets turned around. a good poem, strange, but good :)

Judy from United States

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