Question

dust of snow
by robert frost
line —— the way a crow
black against the snow
the dust of snow
from a hemlock tree

has given my heart
a change of mood
and saved some part
of a day i had rued

the crow in this poem is
——.
alliteration.
a symbol.
a simile.
hyperbole.

Explanation:

In Robert Frost's "Dust of Snow", the crow is not just a literal crow. It represents something beyond its literal meaning, acting as a symbol (often of a negative or disruptive event that then leads to a positive change, as the crow's action of shaking snow leads to a change in the speaker's mood). Alliteration is a sound device (repeating initial consonant sounds), a simile uses "like" or "as", and hyperbole is exaggeration—none of these fit the crow's role here as well as being a symbol.

Answer:

B. a symbol. (Assuming the options are labeled with the second option as "a symbol" based on the layout, with the top - left as maybe A, top - right as B, bottom - left as C, bottom - right as D; the correct option is the one stating "a symbol".)