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LibriVox recording of Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl, by John Greenleaf Whittier. Read by Paul Henry Tremblay. A 750-line idyllic poem about a snow-storm from the narrator's childhood. (Summary by Paul Tremblay) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.
Whittier’s Snow-Bound is a narrative poem. 29 August 2014 Category: Famous Poets and Poems Author: Criticism. A narrative poem is one in which the poet tells a story. Whittier recounts the events that occurred when a snowstorm cut his family off from the rest of the world. Within this story, Whittier includes his own summaries of the stories told by others, as the family and friends in the.
This poem written in 1866 from the point of view of an elderly man, is a fond remembrance of the author's family and two visitors caught together in a winter storm and snow bound at home. Whittier evokes the power of the storm and the delight and warmth of the safety of home and family. The poem concludes with the intrusion of the outside world as a path is carved in the road by teamsters, a.
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Editions for Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl: 1406596698 (Paperback published in 2008), 0442824599 (Hardcover published in 2000), (Kindle Edition published in.
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Snow-Bound A Winter Idyl by John Greenleaf Whittier The sun that brief December day Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon. Slow tracing down the thickening sky Its mute and ominous prophecy, A portent seeming less than threat, It sank from sight before it set. A chill no coat, however stout, Of homespun stuff could quite shut out.