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Poem 1 Dust of Snow

• The poet was sitting under the hemlock tree.

• He was upset as his days did not go too well.

• Suddenly, a crow sitting on the tree shakes the tree and the fine particles of snow from tree falls on
the poet.

The soft and cold touch of snow changes the poet’s mood from sad to happy.

• He starts feeling soothed and refresh.

• In this way a simple moment proves to be very significant and saves rest of the day of poet from being
wasted and held in regret.

• The poem describes a very simple happening in very simple words.

• It tells us that sometimes even a small incident may prove to be of a larger significance.

• The poet is upset in the beginning of the poem but a small incident of falling of snow changes his
mood totally.

• In the end of the poem the poet feels relaxed and thankful to the nature for saving his day from being
wasted.

Poem 2 Fire and Ice

The poet talks about the two different beliefs regarding the end of this world.

• He says that he is in the favour of those who say this world will end in fire as he has seen the effect
and result of uncontrolled and unending desires of humans.

• He finds the human desires same as fire in its nature.

• On the other hand, the second belief tells that ice is sufficient for destroying this world and the poet
compares the nature of ice with hatred of humans.

As ice can make a part of body numb with its prolonged contact like hatred can also give numbness to
our mind and thoughts and make us insensitive and cruel.

• The speaker brings us into the middle of an argument between people who think the world will come
to a fiery end and people who think the world will freeze.

• Author is talking about the literal end of the world, but he's also talking about the power that human
beings have to harm or "destroy" one another.

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