Download - The First Snowfall By: James Russell Lowell
The First Snowfall By: James Russell Lowell
By: Ben A. Webster
Stanza One
• Describes waking up to snow falling in the morning.– Getting snowed in during the day– Looking out the window to the silent snow
covered hills
• The snow continues to fall through the night
Stanza Two
• The trees are covered in snow that looks like ermine (the expensive white fur of a type of weasel).– The trees are being guarded by deer like earl.
• The poet uses the word pearl to describe the snow mounds on the twig of an elm-tree.
Stanza Three
• Carrara is a type of roofing commonly used in Italy made of clay.
• There was a roosters crow muffled by the snow.
• The rails of the Carrara were covered with snow.
Stanza Four
• It continues talking about the silence of the snow
• Then birds fly by with snow on their backs– They look like brown leaves
Stanza Five
• The snow is covering the gravestone as a Robin shield her children.
Stanza Six
• In this stanza the author’s daughter asks who makes the snow fall
• He replies saying the “All-Father” a force protecting us below
Your Turn
• I’ve done the first seven stanzas, now its your turn to write down a few things about the last four
• Divide yourselves into four groups
• Explain what you think that stanza means