DUST OF SNOW – MCQ QUESTIONS

Why does the poet call it "dust of snow"?

• snow particles were too tiny

• they came over him like dust

• they felt like dust

• they looked like dust

The poet says, "Of a day I had rued". What is the meaning of "rued"?

• ruined

• held in regret

• ruled

• conquered

What uplifted his mood?

• falling of snow on his shoulder

• the crow

• hemlock tree

• all of the above

What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

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Name the poetic device used in the line "Has given my heart"

• alliteration

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• simile

Name the poetic device used in the line "And saved some part"

• alliteration

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• simile

What does "Dust of Snow" represent?

• healing power of nature

• particles of snow

• cool weather

• none of the above

What are the two negative things that Frost used as carriers of positivity?

• snow, dust

• hemlock tree, snow

• snow, crow

• hemlock tree, crow

The crow and Hemlock tree symbolize ____

• sorrow

• happiness

• celebration

• death