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The poem Snow-Flakes, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is the story of the grieving over the loss of a woman. This poem is made up of three sestets, and each sestet is made up of a quatrain and a couplet. The rhyme scheme in the first stanza is ABABCC (abab = quatrain, cc = couplet). The rhyme scheme in the next two stanzas is DEDEFF and GHGHII (The quatrain and couplet follow the same pattern in these two stanzas. In the first stanza it talks about snow suddenly falling from a woman’s garment; I picture this woman as an angel and if this woman is in heaven then something must have happened to her. Also since it said the snow fell suddenly to me it connects to the woman meaning she died suddenly. Throughout the poem it uses works like “air”, “cloudy”, and “sky” which also suggest something heavenly. In the second stanza it suggests that someone is finally accepting the sudden death of this woman. For example in line three, “Evan as the troubled heart doth make”. This line suggests that he has to come to terms with this sudden death. In the last stanza he uses words like “whispered”, and “silent” conveying that it’s lonely and quiet without her around. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote this poem to honor her existents. The diction in this poem starts very peaceful and calm illustrating the way the snow falls from this woman’s garment, then the diction becomes more negative because the person is grieving but learning to accept her passing. The last stanza’s diction changes to very peaceful; everything’s very calm and quiet without her around.
The poem Snow-Flakes, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is the story of the grieving over the loss of a woman. This poem is made up of three sestets, and each sestet is made up of a quatrain and a couplet. The rhyme scheme in the first stanza is ABABCC (abab = quatrain, cc = couplet). The rhyme scheme in the next two stanzas is DEDEFF and GHGHII (The quatrain and couplet follow the same pattern in these two stanzas. In the first stanza it talks about snow suddenly falling from a woman’s garment; I picture this woman as an angel and if this woman is in heaven then something must have happened to her. Also since it said the snow fell suddenly to me it connects to the woman meaning she died suddenly. Throughout the poem it uses works like “air”, “cloudy”, and “sky” which also suggest something heavenly. In the second stanza it suggests that someone is finally accepting the sudden death of this woman. For example in line three, “Evan as the troubled heart doth make”. This line suggests that he has to come to terms with this sudden death. In the last stanza he uses words like “whispered”, and “silent” conveying that it’s lonely and quiet without her around. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote this poem to honor her existents. The diction in this poem starts very peaceful and calm illustrating the way the snow falls from this woman’s garment, then the diction becomes more negative because the person is grieving but learning to accept her passing. The last stanza’s diction changes to very peaceful; everything’s very calm and quiet without her around.