Lyric Poem · Nature
Dust of Snow
by Robert Frost · 1923
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.
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Quick facts
- Poem
- Dust of Snow
- Poet
- Robert Frost
- Published
- 1923
- Length
- 8 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem, Short Poems
- Themes
- Nature, Hope, Winter
Craft notes
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- Shape
- 8 lines · 2 quatrains
- Line length
- Mostly 4-syllable lines (dimeter length).
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Text, source & rights
A traceable edition
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- Author record
- Robert Frost1874–1963
- Source record
- WikisourceDust of Snow by robert-frost, Wikisource transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- 1923
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 bdc35113ca1664c8…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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