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Out of the bosom of the Air,
Out of the cloud-folds of her garments, shaken
Over the woodlands brown and bare,
Over the harvest-fields forsaken,
Silent, and soft, and slow,
Descends the snow.
Even as our cloudy fancies take
Suddenly shape in some divine expression,
Even as the troubled heart doth make
In the white countenance confession.
The troubled sky reveals
The grief it feels.
This is the poem of the air,
Slowly in silent syllables recorded;
This is the secret of despair,
Long in its cloudy bosom hoarded,
Now whispered and revealed
To wood and field.
( Henry Wadsworth Longfellow )
garments : clothing
forsaken : turned away from
hoarded : kept, not given
Answer the following questions.
1) What picture is given in the first stanza
2) What does “her” refer to in the second line?
3) What is “the poem of the air”?
4) What is “whispered and revealed”?
5) Why is this referred to as a “lyrical poem”?