The First Snowfall By James Russel Lowell
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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James Russell Lowell was born on February 22, 1819. He attended Harvard college in 1834 at age 15. He started his career as an editor of The Atlantic Monthly
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Originally started writing in support of the abolitionist movement.
American diplomat in Spain and ambassador in Great Britain
gout, sciatica in his left leg, and chronic nausea; cancer in his kidneys, liver, and lungs. Died on August 12, 1891
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This poem uses the ABAB rhyme pattern which mean that the first and third line of each stanza rhyme. Example: the snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night,
Had been heaping field and highway
With a silence deep and white...
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Lowell uses figurative language. The snow represents his mourning of his daughters death and the healing powers and beauty of nature
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