English summer vacation assignment

                                                                      Dust of Snow
Q1
Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
(a)
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
i. Who shook the dust of snow and from where?
ii. What change occurred in the poet?
iii. What do the ‘crow’ and ‘hemlock’ symbolise?
iv. Find the synonym of the word ‘rattled’.
(b)
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
i. Of what change does the poet mention here?
ii. Whose part of the day has been saved?
iii. What did the poet think of that day?
iv. Give the synonym of ‘rued’.
Q2
Answer the following questions in 30-40 words.
(a) What does the poet want to convey through the poem ‘Dust of Snow’?
(b) Justify the role of the crow in the poem ‘Dust of Snow’in changing the poet’s mood.
Q3 Answer the following questions in 100-120 words.
(a) Our attitude towards a situation evokes both negative and positive response. Analyze this with reference to the poem, ‘Dust of Snow’.
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