CBSE CLASS 10

Poems
TOC About the poet
Words
Setting of the poem
Central Idea of the poem
Stanza 1
Stanza 2
Poetic Devices
Rhyme Scheme
Symbolism in the poem
Summary of the poem
About the Author

Born: 26 March 1874,

San Francisco, California, United States

Died: 29 January 1963,

Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Robert Lee Frost was a American poet

His work was initially published in England before it was

published in America

He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life.

Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime , receiving

for Pulitzer Prizes for poetry

The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in

newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and
musical composition within the United States

Simplicity is the hallmark of the Frost's poem.

 Words
Dust of Snow - Particles of snow

Hemlock Tree - a Poisonous tree

with small white flowers

Mood - State of Mind

Rued - Feel regret , sorrow,pity

 Setting of the Poem
❖ In a Winter's day -Out doors

❖ The Snow atop a hemlock tree

❖ It is a Coniferous trees -Usually grows on Hillside all

over North America.

❖ It is a small, waxy and usually has narrow leaves

(needles or flat scales). 'Coniferous' means that it is a
cone-bearing tree
Stanza 1

The way a crow

Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Stanza 2

Has given my heart

A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
 LITERARY DEVICES

ALLITERATION

Has given my heart

And Saved some part

METAPHOR

3rd line of the 1st stanza

The Poet compares the mass of snowflakes atop the hemlock
tree with dust "the dust of snow"
 SYNECDOCHE - sɪˈnɛkdəki

He say that his "heart " has undergone a change of mood

because the crow has made the snowflakes from the hemlock
tree rain down on him. However , it is not only his heart , but
his entire person that is nw experiencing better mood as a
result of the actions of the crow

ENJAMBMENT

When the same sentence continues to the nextline without the us

of any punctuation marks, it is called enjambment, It has been
used throughout the poem.
Rhyme Scheme

The way a crow -a

Shook down on me -b
The dust of snow -a
From a hemlock tree -b
 The Black crow
Symbolism in the poem is commonly a
symbol of death
and fear. it is
The hemlock tree is a symbol iory that this
of death. Walking by the poem, it is doing
hemlock tree could in fact have deed by shaking
seemed like an ill omen to the off the snow and
poet, and could have upset him bringing about
further, but on the contrary, it a change in
brought him happiness. poet's mood.
CENTRAL IDEA OF THE POEM

Communication between nature and humans

The significance of small things in changing one's

attitude

Nature healing and helping negative human emotions

Summary of the poem
★ This poem tells that even a simple moment has a large
significance.

★ The poet has mentioned crow and hemlock tree in this

poem.

★ Crow signifies his depressive and sorrowful mood and

hemlock tree is a poisonous tree.

★ Both these signify 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.