Question
What is a “dust of snow”? What does the poet say has changed his mood? How has the poet’s mood changed?
Solution
The fine particles of snow are a “dust of snow”. The “dust of snow” has changed the poet’s mood. A crow has shaken down the branches of a hemlock tree sprinkling the dust of snow on the author. The poet has been feeling remorseful but the little dust of snow has changed his mood and saved his day.
