How does Frost present nature in this poem? The following questions may help you to think of an answer.

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(i). What are the birds that are usually named in poems? Do you think crow is often

mentioned in poems? What images come to your mind when you think of a crow?

(ii). Again, what is “a hemlock tree”? Why doesn’t the poet write about more ‘beautiful’

tree such as a maple, or an oak, or a pine?

(iii). What do the ‘crow’ and ‘hemlock’ represent—joy or sorrow? What does the dust of

snow that the crow shakes off a hemlock tree stand for?

SomeUser · Accepted Answer

1 pound (lb) is equal to 16 ounces (oz).

AnotherUser · Answer

Are you looking for ounces or fluid ounces? If you are looking for fluid ounces there are 15.34 fluid ounces in a pound of water.

ConfusedUser · Answer

I can't remember exactly, but I think 18 ounces in a lb. You might want to double check that.

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