English Class 10 - Class X CBSE Poem 1 Dust of Snow Material

 INTRODUCTION

The poem “Dust of Snow” is written by American poet Robert Frost. It is a simple and short poem with a deeper and larger meaning. The poet explains how an act as petty as experiencing snow on one’s body can brighten one’s day. 


SUMMARY

This poem tells that even a simple moment has a large significance. The poet mentions the crow and hemlock tree in this poem. Crow signifies his depressive and sorrowful mood, and the hemlock tree is poisonous. Both these signs that the poet was not in a good mood, and so he describes the dark, depressive, and bitter side of nature to present his similar mood. The poet says that once he was in a sad, depressive mood and was sitting under a hemlock tree. A crow, sitting on the same tree, shook off the dust of snow i.e., small particles of snow that remain on the surface after the snowfall, on the poet. This simple action changed the poet’s mood. He realized that he had just wasted a part of his day repenting and being lost in sorrow. But the change in his mood made him realize that he should utilize the rest of the day in some useful activity. His sorrow was washed away by the light shower of snow dust. His spirit was revived, and he got ready to utilize the rest of the day. 


MESSAGE

The poem conveys the message that one should never be desperate and hopeless. There is always scope for change. The message of the poem is put into words by Robert Frost: “Always, always a larger significance… A little thing touches a larger thing.”

LITERARY DEVICES

1. Rhyme Scheme - abab cdcd

2. Alliteration – the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. The instances of alliteration are as follows: Has given my heart And saved some part. 

3. Inversion - when the structure of a sentence is changed by the poet to create a rhyme, this poetic license is called inversion. In stanza 1, inversion can be seen.

4. Assonance - the prominence of a vowel sound throughout a line is called assonance. In stanza 1, line 2 - “Shook down on me” - ‘o’ sound is prominent.

5. Enjambment - when the same sentence continues to the next line without the use of any punctuation marks, it is called enjambment. It has been used throughout the poem.

6. Symbolism - Both crow and the hemlock tree represent sorrow. Frost has used both the negative creatures (crow and the hemlock tree) as the carriers of positivism and strength that transformed his day for the better. By not using birds like sparrows and nightingales and trees like maple, oak, or pine, the poet has tried to break down all the preconceived notions we have about certain agents of nature. He has tried to make us understand that we see the world not as how it is, but as how we want to see it. Thus, the crow sitting and a hemlock tree together made his day better. 


ACHIEVERS

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