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. (a) What do the ‘crow' and ‘hemlock' symbolise? (b) The mood of the poet changed because . (c) What does the poet mean when he says and saved some part of the day? (d) Who shook the dust of snow?

a) The crow and the hemlock tree in the poem which are the two agents of nature represent the dark side of nature along with a depressive, sorrowful and bitter side

b)  inspires and gives him the idea to shake off his depressive thoughts, become cheerful and useful.

c) He means the day began with regrets and suddenly changed into happiness after the dust of snow fell on him.

d) The crow's movement

Explanation:

a) The crow and the hemlock tree represent sorrow. The dust of snow that is shaken off the hemlock tree by the crow stands for joy that Frost experiences.

b) The mood of the poet changed because the way the crow shakes down the dust of snow on the poet, inspires and gives him the idea to shake off his depressive thoughts, become cheerful and useful.

c) He means the day began with regrets and suddenly changed into happiness after the dust of snow fell on him.

d) The crow's  movement

(a) The ‘crow’ symbolises ‘sorrow’ as well as the ‘hemlock’ tree symbolises

‘sorrow’.

(b) He saw a crow sitting on a hemlock tree shook off the dust of snow on him.  Thus, the falling of dust of snow changed his mood.

(c) The poet has saved some part of the day as he did not waste the time in repenting and regretting.

(d) A crow shook the dust of snow

Explanation:

‘Dust of Snow’ is a poem written by Robert Frost. It talks about how a bad day altered into a not so bad one, due to the action of a crow. It was a seemingly  disconnected occurrence that brought about a change of mood in the poet. There are so many lessons to learn from the poet. One  of them is that you can always see brightness amidst the gloom.

elise is writing a literary analysis of a biographical essay about emily dickinson.

which of the following should elise use in order to provide a strong claim statement in the introduction to her analysis?

a.  

“a life apart” by julia golding maintains that emily dickenson wrote over a thousand poems during her life.

either a donut or a sphere or a pancake or a flat sphere. it depends on where the vertical line is.

if the line goes through the center of the circle and is perpendicular to a diameter containing the center, then you get a flat circle.

if the line and the diameter of a the circle meet in the center of the diameter and at an angle, you get a pancake.

if the line is on the circumference of the circle and is at right angles   to the circle you get a ring.

if the line contains the diameter, you get a sphere.

the the line is parallel to the diameter and touches the circumference, you get a donut.