Snowfall in the Afternoon

Read 'Snowfall in the Afternoon' by 'Robert Bly' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Snowfall in the Afternoon by Robert Bly

1

The grass is half-covered with snow.
It was the sort of snowfall that starts in late afternoon 
And now the little houses of the grass are growing dark.

2

If I reached my hands down near the earth 
I could take handfuls of darkness!
A darkness was always there which we never noticed.

3

As the snow grows heavier the cornstalks fade farther away 
And the barn moves nearer to the house.
The barn moves all alone in the growing storm.

4

The barn is full of corn and moves toward us now 
Like a hulk blown toward us in a storm at sea;
All the sailors on deck have been blind for many years.

Form: Free verse

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