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    Robert Frost was an American poet born in 1874 in San Francisco. He struggled financially after dropping out of college but went on to have a successful career as a poet. His poem "Dust of Snow" describes how the poet's mood was lifted when a crow shook snow off a hemlock tree, some of which fell on the poet. The poem uses symbols like the crow, hemlock tree and snow to represent negative ideas but shows how nature can unexpectedly bring happiness even through seemingly ominous things.

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    Robert Frost was an American poet born in 1874 in San Francisco. He struggled financially after dropping out of college but went on to have a successful career as a poet. His poem "Dust of Snow" describes how the poet's mood was lifted when a crow shook snow off a hemlock tree, some of which fell on the poet. The poem uses symbols like the crow, hemlock tree and snow to represent negative ideas but shows how nature can unexpectedly bring happiness even through seemingly ominous things.

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    Robert Frost was an American poet born in 1874 in San Francisco. He struggled financially after dropping out of college but went on to have a successful career as a poet. His poem "Dust of Snow" describes how the poet's mood was lifted when a crow shook snow off a hemlock tree, some of which fell on the poet. The poem uses symbols like the crow, hemlock tree and snow to represent negative ideas but shows how nature can unexpectedly bring happiness even through seemingly ominous things.

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    Robert Frost was an American poet born in 1874 in San Francisco. He struggled financially after dropping out of college but went on to have a successful career as a poet. His poem "Dust of Snow" describes how the poet's mood was lifted when a crow shook snow off a hemlock tree, some of which fell on the poet. The poem uses symbols like the crow, hemlock tree and snow to represent negative ideas but shows how nature can unexpectedly bring happiness even through seemingly ominous things.

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    Topic - The Dust Of Snow

    TEAM-3
    Poem of dust of snow
    -- Robert frost
    Characters-crow, poet, hemlock tree
    Frost was born on March 26, 1874, in San
    Francisco. Following the death of his alcoholic
    father, he moved to Massachusetts in 1885.
    Although Frost was eager to become a poet,
    he dropped out of Dartmouth College after
    less than one full semester and went on to
    work in a handful of jobs in which he
    struggled to be successful.
    Frost was ultimately awarded so many
    honorary degrees that he famously sewed
    them into a blanket. His career continued to Born: March 26, 1874, San
    flourish throughout the rest of his life, and he Francisco
    even read at John F. Kennedy's presidential Died: January 29, 1963,
    inauguration in 1961. He later died in 1963 Boston
    from complications resulting from a surgical Profession: Poet
    procedure.
    Hemlock tree- A true hemlock is a tall pyramidal tree with
    purplish or reddish brown bark, slender horizontal or drooping
    branches, and short blunt leaves that grow from woody
    cushionlike structures on the twigs. The small cones hang from
    the branch tips and retain their scales when they fall.
    The black crow is commonly a symbol of death and fear.
    Since the crow is not associated with goodness, it is ironic that in this
    poem, it is doing a good deed by shaking off the snow.
    Setting of a poem
    A poem presents a perfect setting.
    There are four elements in the
    poem, all these elements match
    one another. The snow stands for
    depression, the hemlock tree is a
    symbol of sadness. The crow is
    considered as ominous. The poet's
    mood was also sad but suddenly
    the way in which the crow shook
    the hemlock tree and falling of the
    dust of snow change poet's mood.

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    Theme of the poem

    The short poem by Robert Frost throws light upon the unimaginable healing
    power of nature and tiny things. From a bad mood to ill-health, there is
    nothing that can’t be cured by nature. The author was experiencing one
    such bad day when a crow’s movement near a hemlock tree dusted snow
    upon him. The snow instantly makes him happier. His day gets a lot better.
    Thus, the supremacy of nature as a whole made him realise how petty his
    problem was. The fact that hemlock tree is poisonous combined with crow
    being the indicator of doom and fear are used in the poem as the carriers of
    happiness in the life of narrator is ironical. The poet, through these objects
    has tried to highlight that sometimes creatures linked with negative aspects
    of life can be the bringer of change and happiness. Being outdoors in
    nature, with all it’s unpredictability can benefit anyone, anywhere at any
    time.
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