HELP?!!!

  • rob
    18 years ago

    Dust of Snow by Robert Frost
    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.

    Justify the length of the final line in relation to all the others. (Hint: consider why Frost used “had rued” instead of the simple past “rued”.)

  • Normal is the Watchword
    18 years ago

    Is this your homework?

  • Pianist
    18 years ago

    ^ You counted them incorrectly.

    Tis 4-4-4-5-5-4-4-6

  • Gem
    18 years ago

    I did Robert Frost last year, this was one of my fave poems in the anthology but i never did my CW on this one. I think its something to do with effect
    *Gem*

  • Romancing the Darker Side
    17 years ago

    I think it gives the poem a unique... twist, of sorts, having some of the lines different from others. I do that sometimes, accidentally.