New Digamber Public School
Class X, Subject: English
Worksheet: Dust of Snow & Fire and Ice- 2025
Q Read the given extract and answer the questions given 5
1. below:
A. 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.
i. Comment on the poet’s use of language in these lines? Answer in 2
40 words.
ii. Choose the option that lists the possible feelings of the poet prior 1
to the experience shared in the poem.
1. reassured 2. disappointed 3.
curious
4. demotivated 5. thankful 6. disheartened
7. impulsive
a. 1, 3 & 7 b. 2, 4 & 6
c. 5 & 7 d. 1 & 3
iii. Select the sentence in which the word ‘shook’ is used in the 1
similar manner as in the line 2 of the stanza.
a. They shook hands at the airport and parted their ways.
b. The accident shook his family to the core.
c. She shook the laundry before hanging it on the line.
d. He shook his head in shame when his name was called at the
last.
iv. Why do you think the poet chose a crow and a hemlock tree 1
instead of more traditionally beautiful elements of nature?
B. Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice
i. In what ways does hatred (ice) cause destruction in society? 2
Answer in 40 words.
ii. Identify the most likely tone of the poet in the given lines- ‘to say 1
that for destruction ice is also great’.
a. casual b. sarcastic
c. caution d. helpless
iii. If you see two classmates arguing due to jealousy (fire) or holding 1
grudges (ice), how would you apply the poem’s message to help
them?
iv. Select the correct option which best describes the relationship
between the following statements from the extract.
STATEMENTS
1
Asserti The desires could be the reason for the end of the
on world.
Reaso People are trapped in the vicious circle of desires.
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a. Both A and R are true and R correctly explains A.
b. Both A and R are true but R does not explain A.
c. A is true but R is false.
d. Both A and R are false.
Q. Answer the following questions in about 40- 50 words.
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i. The poem ‘Dust of Snow’ evokes a sense of black and 3
white. Justify.
ii. Rationalise the line ‘Has given my heart A change of mood’ 3
when we know mood is the state of mind not heart.
iii. There are times when we feel depressed and hopeless. We think 3
that the things will never change. Suddenly a change comes in our
mood when cheerfulness replaces the sense of regret. Justify with
reference to Dust of Snow.
iv. In the line ‘But if it had to perish twice,’ what is the 3
significance of the word ‘twice’.
v. Justify that the poem ‘Fire and Ice ‘can be the grounding factors 3
of world peace.
Q3 Answer the following in about 100 -120 words:
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i. Imagine that the poet Robert Frost were living in the present day 6
and was invited to contribute to a teen e-zine called ‘Teens Talk’.
Drawing inspiration from his poem ‘Dust of Snow’—particularly
the moment with the crow and the falling snow—Frost decides to
write an article on the theme ‘Every cloud has a silver lining’.
As Robert Frost, write this short article for the magazine, sharing
how small moments can change the course of a bad day and
remind us of life’s hidden blessings.
You may begin this way:
Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining
By: Robert Frost
There was once a day when nothing seemed to go right. The sky
was grey, my spirits low and I found myself walking alone through
the woods, lost in thoughts that darkened with every step--------
ii. The aphorism that the world is transitory, nothing is perennial in 6
this universe, asserts why to worry about the end of the world,
when it is inevitable? Can the hate and desire be justified in this
context? Elucidate.
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