Snow

Vijay Nambian


About Vijay Nambian

Vijay Nambisan was an Indian poet, writer and journalist. He won the first All India Poetry Competition organised by the Poetry Society (India). His first collection of poems, First Infinities, was published in 2015.

The speaker has never seen snow before and imagines what it is like when it snows. He hopes that it will snow one night so that he can wake up to a lovely surprise. He then tells us how he plans to enjoy himself in the snow.

Crisp in the winter's morning,
Softly all through the night,
What is this without warning,
Falling and white?

I have never seen snow
But I can imagine it quite−
Not how it tastes, but I know
It falls and is white.

One morning I'll open the door
To bring in the morning's milk,
And all around there'll be snow−
Fallen and still.

How I'll roll in the stuff!
How I'll tumble and spin!
Until the neighbours cry, Enough!
And send me back in.

Summary
Through the poem Snow the speaker tries to present his idea of enjoying himself in the snowfall which he has never experienced before He is quite enchanted by the idea of snow and attempts to describe its characteristics in his own imagined way The poem follows the rhyme scheme of abab throughout Crisp in the winter s morning Softly all through the night What is this without warning Falling and white In the first stanza the speaker highlights the unpredictable nature of snow He speculates that the snow might have fallen softly all through the night without giving a prior indication that it ...

Available Answers

  1. 1.

    What does the speaker know about snow? Has he seen it before?

  2. 2.

    What is this without warning,
    Falling and white?

    1. What is the speaker talking about in these lines?
    2. What will fall without warning? Do you think the speaker likes the fact that it will fall without warning?

     

  3. 3.

    What does the speaker wish to see when he opens the door?

  4. 4.

    How I'll roll in the stuff!
    How I'll tumble and spin!

    1. What is the 'stuff' the speaker is talking about?
    2. What does he plan to do in it?
  5. 5.

    How old do you think the speaker is? What makes you think so?

  6. 6.

    Why do you think the speaker is so fascinated by snow?

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How I get the answer sheet
08 Jul 2023Avaneesh R. K.
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