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Dust of Snow & Fire and Ice
English · CBSE Class 10 · English Medium · 15 questions and answers
Sample questions
- Q: Who is the poet of both 'Dust of Snow' and 'Fire and Ice'?
- A: Robert Frost, an American poet.
- Q: What incident is described in 'Dust of Snow'?
- A: A crow shakes down dust of snow (fine snow particles) from a hemlock tree onto the poet.
- Q: How did the small incident affect the poet in 'Dust of Snow'?
- A: It changed his sad, gloomy mood and saved a part of a day he had been regretting.
- Q: What do the crow and hemlock tree usually symbolise?
- A: They symbolise sorrow, darkness and gloom, as both have negative associations.
- Q: What is the central message of 'Dust of Snow'?
- A: Even small, ordinary moments in nature can lift our spirits and change a bad mood into a good one.
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