what does downy flake symbolize?
what is the significance of the easy winds and the downy flake in the poem "stopping by woods on a snowy evening" by robert frost?
'downy flake' is the soft feathery small pieces of snow falling from the sky. in the context of the poem, it symbolizes that the place is very quiet. the sounds of the downy flake and the easy winds are the only audible sounds where the speaker has stopped. this only intensifies the serenity of the place.
The poet used "Bust of pallas". The bust of pallas is the Anthen curved of pale stone.The statement represent the conflict between emotion and reason at the heart of the poem

The colour purple has been used in the poem for the curtain and chair.The purple colour serves as a representation of class and aristocracy.

The lamplight.The light shed by the narrators lamp appears in many places in the poem .It represents harsh truth of lenores death.The lamp light also serves as a catalyst for the poems chilling clossing. questions are based on a poem. read the poem carefully and pick out the most appropriate answers.a valediction forbidding mourningmy swirling wants, your frozen lips.the grammar turned and attacked me.themes, written under duress.emptiness of the notations.they gave me a drug that slowed the healing of wounds.i want you to see this before i leave:the experience of repetition as deaththe failure of criticism to locate the painthe poster in the bus that said:my bleeding is under controla red plant in a cemetary of plastic wreaths.a last attempt: the language is a dialect called metaphor.these images go unglossed: hair, glacier, flash light.when i think of a landscape i am thinking of a time.when i talk of taking a trip i mean forever.i could say: those mountains have a meaning but further than that i could not say.to do something very common, in my own way.adrienne richwhat is the theme of the poem? identify the false statement in the list below: it is&nbsp; they probably are blooms - no surprise since fruit trees bloom pretty reliably if the conditions are right which they apparently are for yours. mine bloom off and on all winter. sometimes small fruit also. you need do nothing except put it outdoors when your weather is suitable. it's not terrific! it doesn't scan very well, and there is very little rhyme.
but having said that, those one-time essentials of poetry are not deemed important any more. you just need to spout off a load of deep sounding prose in three or four word lines, call it poetry, and hey presto! you are a poet. poetry is devalued, like so many aspects of our lives these days. that's not a rant, and i'm not a grumpy old man. promise! airway, away, byway, clearway, flyway, hallway, la, lacy, lady, laity, lama, lanai, lao, lava, law, lawn, laws, lawyer, lay, lazy, lea, leeway, low, lower, lowly, railway, seaway, sway, wa, war, way, waylay, why, lardy, larry, lew, noway, lamar, lanny, lacey, lana, lara, lowe, lays, layaway, tollway, bendings, unpolitest, unpopularities. arson is a kind of crime.

roses are a kind of flowers. 'no' is the answer to your first paragraph question. the tree moves slightly after being hit, thus conserving momentum. the tree soon stops swaying and reverses direction due to forces applied to the roots by the soil.

your second paragraph does not correctly state the law of conservation of energy. you are talking about momentum conservation. in the case of the tree hit by the snowball, there is a net force applied to the system (at the tree's roots). dethronement, fall, fen, floodplain, discharge, abasement, bottomland, tidewater, unimportance, disdain, flat, plain, lowland, removal, overthrow, vale, dale, dingle, demotion, comedown, spurning, valley, depression, degradation, unseating, ouster, hollow, reduction, expulsion, dell, basin, suspension, decrease, impeachment, bottom, dismissal, deposition, downfall, downgrade, natural depression, glen, lowness. lower, distress, harm, agitate, damage, trouble, regressing, diminish, upset, disgrace, worsening, shame, discourage, make unhappy, exhaust, enervate, hurt, weak, fatigue, worsen, injure, dull, depress, tire, bring down, sadden, weaken, decline, unenlivened, worry, decrease, bore, subdue, failing, sickly, faltering, dishearten. broad-minded, develop, beef up, heavy, dark, full, spirited, generous, strengthen, massive, hippy, flabby, important, grow, blunt, evaporated, liberal, plump, enlarge, condensed, intelligent, increase, thick, soupy, wide, concentrated, significant, obese, thickly, quilted, unrefined, large, fortified, coarse, flushed, big, substantial, dense, soft, inflated, husky, rude, thickish, fat, reasonable, undiluted, clumsy, strong, thicken, adequate, huge, colorful, widish, sufficient, solid, immense, fleshed out, efficient.