Dust Of Snow

by Robert Frost

The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree

Has given my heart

A change of mood

And saved some part

Of a day I had rued.

雪塵

羅伯特·弗羅斯特

鐵杉樹上

一只烏鴉

抖落雪塵

撒我一身

我的心情

因此變化

一天的懊喪

已不再留下

About the poet:

Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes.

Note:

Robert Frost’s Dust of Snow is only eight lines long and contains no adjectives, similes or metaphors, yet succeeds in creating a picture in the reader’s mind.The first stanza relies on the techniques of familiarity, connotation and contrast.The second stanza reflects a more positive frame of mind, and is therefore free from the negative images contained in the first.