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The poem chronicles a rural New England family as a snowstorm rages outside for three days. Stuck in their home for a week, the family members exchange stories by their roaring fire.
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Intimate, earnest, contemplative and warm.
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- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- John Greenleaf Whittier
- First published
- 1866
- Pages
- 63
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and company, Reilly and Britton Co., Fields, Osgood
- Editions
- 32
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780665789557
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An American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the <i>Fireside Poets</i>, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greenleaf_Whittier>Wikipedia</a>).
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