Sufficient summaries and analysis of a hard frost to obtain a full understanding of the poem, to be able to answer the questions in the exams adequately.
precocious Advanced, developed
catkin flower
maydrift
amorphous Formless, shapeless, vague
disconsolate Unhappy, gloomy
fairings Gifts – from a fair
aconite Plant - poisonous
flounce Strut, prance
filigree Lace, lattice
This poem describes the beautiful scene the poet saw one day when he
woke up one morning. Besides portraying the stunning scenery, the poet
also wanted to relate the transformation in nature to the human life cycle.
The most prominent imagery used was frost (like snow), for example,
brilliant, white, diamonds, bridal gear Things used to describe the hard
frost were beautiful, shiny and bright. These were used to portray a
beautiful scene of white spreading all over the forest. Usually the forest in
in winter – with snow - gave people a sense of cruelty, harshness and
lifeless, but after having a white frost coating (in spring) on the trees and
mountains, everything seemed to become glamorous and attractive.
Also, personification was used. The forest coated with shiny, white frost
was personified as a raw country maid wearing a borrowed bridal gear for
a few hours. As a raw country maid, she was not that beautiful, but, after
she wore the white bridal gear, she shone brightly. The poet wanted to
show the contrast between the forest before and after the coating with
the frost. At the same time, he conveyed that this beautiful scene did not
last long.
After using the imagery to show how beautiful the scene was, the poet
also indicated that this scene only lasted for a short period of time,
because after the sun rose, the frost melted. Though the poet was a bit
disappointed that the frost melted so quickly, he found out that after the
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