Dust of Snow

by Robert Frost

　　

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Robert Frost's short poem had many names: first published as “Favour” in the London Mercury (1920), then reprinted as "Snow Dust" in the Yale Review (1921), before its enduring title, "Dust of Snow" was published in his collected works, New Hampshire (1923). Frost teaches us irony by showing the kindness of a crow, thought to be a symbol of death, for shaking off the snow from a poisonous hemlock. it is often studied by students in grades 4 - 5. Tom Murray, Ho crow, 2011

　　The way a crowShook down on meThe dust of snowFrom a hemlock treeHas given my heartA change of moodAnd saved some part Of a day I had rued. Featured in our selection of Children's Poems.

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