Important Questions Poem 1 English Poems Class 10 CBSE Board

Dust of Snow, Fire and Ice

Question 1: What is a “dust of snow”?
Answer: A “dust of snow” refers to the small particles of snow that fell on the poet when a crow shook a hemlock tree.

Question 2: What does the poet say has changed his mood?
Answer: The fall of dust of snow on him changed the poet’s mood.

Question 3: How has the poet’s mood changed?
Answer: His mood changed from one of regret and gloom to cheerfulness and positivity.

Question 4: What are the birds that are usually named in poems?
Answer: Birds such as the nightingale, peacock, or dove are usually named in poems.

Question 5: Do you think a crow is often mentioned in poems? What images come to your mind when you think of a crow?
Answer: A crow is not often mentioned in poems. It usually brings to mind images of darkness, sorrow, or ill-omen.

Question 6: What is a hemlock tree?
Answer: A hemlock is a poisonous tree with small white flowers.

Question 7: What do the crow and hemlock represent in the poem?
Answer: The crow and the hemlock represent sorrow and gloom.

Question 8: What does the dust of snow that the crow shakes off a hemlock tree stand for?
Answer: It stands for a small, natural happening that brought about a positive change in the poet’s mood.

Question 9: For Frost, what do ‘fire’ and ‘ice’ stand for?
Answer: ‘Fire’ stands for desire, greed, lust, and conflict, while ‘ice’ stands for hatred, indifference, and coldness.

Question 10: What is the rhyme scheme of the poem Fire and Ice?
Answer: The rhyme scheme of the poem is aba abc bcb, which helps in bringing out the contrast between fire and ice.