Snow-Bound (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Greenleaf Whittier
- First Published: 1866
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Idyll
- Time of Work: Early nineteenth century
- Setting: Haverhill, Massachusetts
- Principal Characters: Members of the Whittier Family, The Schoolmaster, A Guest
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Blizzards
- Locales: Haverhill, MA
The Story:
One December day a wind from the east and a leaden sky forecast snow. As night came on, the members of the Whittier family brought in firewood, littered the cattle stalls with fresh straw, and fed the stock. All night the storm raged, and in the morning the Whittiers looked upon a world of fleecy snow. The elder Whittier, a man of action, ordered a path dug to the barn, and his sons merrily turned to the work, making a crystal-walled tunnel through the deepest drift. Although the snow no longer fell, all day a north wind drove bits of sleet against the windows of the...
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