DENNES SEBASTIAN

Analysis: “Dusts of Snow” is a simple and beautiful poem by Robert Frost. The poet regretted the better part of   the day for reasons known only to him. Naturally he was quite sad and unhappy. It was then, a crow shook off the dusts of snow, from its feathers sitting on hemlock tree. We have very few images in this short poem, namely “the man”, “the crow”, “the hemlock tree”, and “the dusts of snow”. x x Naturally it is the season of winter. A crow is perching on an ever green pine called the hemlock tree and the poet stands under the tree. The crow is shaking off the snow from its wings. It too might have been very cold and wanted to save itself from the biting cold. The tree on which the crow rests is hemlock. It is quite a majestic and beautiful tree native to America . In some pagan religions hemlock tree is associated with protection and healing. Do not confuse hemlock tree with hemlock plant which is poisonous and grows only three to five feats. Greek p...

Summary Lencho was Mexican farmer, who lived in a lonely house on top of a low hill. He had a strong faith in God. From early years he was instructed to believe in God unquestioningly. Lencho and his family were hard workers and lived by the money they made from cultivating crops in their field. He was hoping for a decent rain which would be good for his crops . He told his wife that they might have rain that day. It was during the dinner time that it began to rain. Lencho was happy and believed that each rain drops will bring him a better crop and plenty of money . But soon against his hopes, the rain turned ugly and it began to pelt hailstones. His entire labour for the year was laid to waste. His crops were completely destroyed. He was sad. But Lencho did not lose all hope. He turned to God for help. Faith can move mountains . The next day he wrote a letter to god seeking a hundred pesos so that he can plant his crops once again. He went to the post office and posted the ...

Sunrise on the Hills    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in Portland, United States on 27 th February, 1807 and died on 24 th March, 1882. He was an educator, traveler, a linguist, and a romantic.   Analysis:   ‘Sunrise on the Hills’  by H.W Longfellow is a celebration of the healing power of nature. The poet muses upon the morning sun shining on the woods and hills, and urges readers to return to the lap of nature to soothe their souls. Throughout the poem, Longfellow compares the sun to a knight, and nature to his sweetheart; the princess. The poem opens with a description of the grand glorious returning march of the sun which the poet witnesses from the top of a hill. Nature, the princess, has been waiting long under captivity. Now the city gates – heaven’s wide arch – is glorious with the knight’s arrival. The sun’s glory outshines everything else, and the clouds that have gathered midway round the wooded height now look lik...