Soft through the Silent Air Descend the Feathery
Snowflakes descend softly through silent air over white hills and fields. The marshes remain brown, and the river flowing among them has a leaden hue compared to the eyes of the blind.
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Genre: Nature Poetry, Descriptive Poetry · 69 words
First lines
December 18, 1847.
Soft through the silent air descend the feathery snow-flakes; / White are the distant hills, white are the neighboring fields; / Only the marshes are brown, and the river rolling among them / Weareth the leaden hue seen in the eyes of the blind.
Genres
- Nature Poetry — The verse describes falling snow, hills, fields, marshes, and a river.
- Descriptive Poetry — Four lines depict a landscape through the snow's soft descent and the contrasting white, brown, and leaden colors.
Tags
snowfall · winter · marshes · rivers
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Nature Poetry, Descriptive Poetry
- Length: 69 words
- Structure: 1 section, 2 paragraphs
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