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The Color Of Snow By Archibald Lampman

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This reflection is about Archibald Lampman’s poem called SNOW. Archibald Lampman was born on November 17, 1861 in Morpeth, Canada, and he passed away on February 10, 1899 in Ottawa, Canada (Encyclopedia Britannica). The event in the poem takes place in the late 1800’s in a rural area of canada, during the winter time. In the poem Archibald Lampman does an outstanding job of using the imagery of nature, and in particular snow to make us feel as if we are experiencing these sensations with him.. He describes the color of snow, the sound as snow hits the ground, and the feeling of being surrounded by snow. “A gathering weight on the roof and tree, Falls down scarce audibly” (Lampman Line, 5-6). He makes snow seem peaceful but extremely depressing at the same time. …show more content…

Arnold passed away in August and this left a big hole in Lampman’s heart. Archibald himself had a weak heart due to rheumatic fever and never thought he would outlive his kids. He was so devastated by his son’s death that he wrote SNOW to express his hurting emotions. I don’t think that the title of this poem was significant because I believe that this poem wasn’t just about snow it was more about how the snow made the author

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