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The Snowstorm
273
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15
Come see the north wind's masonry'
Out of an unseen quarry evermore
Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer
Curves his white bastions with projected roof
Round every windward stake, or tree, or door'
Speeding, the myriad-handed, his wild work
So fanciful, so savage, nought cares he
For number or proportion. Mockingly'
On coop or kennel he hangs Parianr wreaths;
A swan-like form invests the hidden thorn;
Fills up the farmer's lane from wall to wall,
Maugre2 the farmer's si$hs; and at the gate
A tapering turret overtops the work.
And when ttis hours are numbered, and the world
Is all his own, retirin$, as he were not,
Leaves, when the sun appears, astonished Art
To mimic in slow structures, stone by stone,
Built in an age, the mad wind's nightwork,
The frolic architecture of the snow.
marble of the
l. Partan (per'€ en) adi.: Referring to a fine' white
Paros.
Greek citY
2. Maugire (m6' gar) prep': In spite of'
ABOUTTHE SELECTION
THINKING
Recalling
the storm'sarrival?
1. Whatannounces
2. What does "the whited air" hide?
3. What does the speaker describe in the second stanza?
4. Accordingto lines 25-128,what has the storm
left behind "when the sun appears"?
Interpreting
5. What mood does Emersonestablishin the
first stanza?
6. ExplainwhatEmersonmeanswhenhe refers
to the "tumultuousprivacyof the storm" in
line9.
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7. In this poem Emersoncomparesthe
and an artistat work.(a) How does he
in the secondstanz
velopthis comparison
the comparison
extend
(b) How does he
the final stanza?(c) How does this com
beliefin a spiri
son expressEmerson's
nature?
and
humanitY
unitybetween
Applying
8. Emersonexpressesa favorableattitude
WhYmightsome
wardthe snowstorm.
not shareE
climates
livingin northern
son s attitude?