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"The Snowflakes Sail Gently Down" is a poem by Nigerian writer Gabriel Okara. It contemplates its speaker's feelings on having left Africa and its culture. [1] [2] Okara wrote the poem in 1959 after seeing snow for the first time in Evanston, Illinois, while he was studying journalism at Northwestern University and researching at the Atomic Research Station's Public Information Department ...
Three different snowflake symbols are encoded in Unicode: "snowflake" at U+2744 ( ); "tight trifoliate snowflake" at U+2745 ( ); and "heavy chevron snowflake" at U+2746 ( ). In the Tang Dynasty, snowflakes in poetry sometimes served as a symbol of the cosmic energy of the Tao and the Milky Way galaxy. [36]
The text of the poem reflects the thoughts of a lone wagon driver (the narrator), on the night of the winter solstice, "the darkest evening of the year", pausing at dusk in his travel to watch snow falling in the woods. It ends with him reminding himself that, despite the loveliness of the view, "I have promises to keep, / And miles to go ...
The snowflakes represent the soldiers, melting together, forgotten. The Flemish clay is the Belgian soil where the fighting took place. Every snowflake is different so the snowflakes also represent how every soldier in the war was different. This poem is included in the AQA GCSE Poetry Anthology "Moon on the Tides" for 2010 and 2011.
Schneeflöckchen, Weißröckchen (little snowflake, white little skirt) is a German Christmas carol. The original version comes from Hedwig Haberkern [ de ] (1837–1901), who published the song in her first book in 1869.
Snowflake is a derogatory slang term for a person, implying that they have an inflated sense of uniqueness, an unwarranted sense of entitlement, or are overly emotional, easily offended, and unable to deal with opposing opinions.
His poems make sophisticated use of handshape, movement, use of space, repetition, and facial expression. Influenced by canonical American poets like Robert Frost and deaf poets like Bernard Bragg , Valli often chose nature imagery to convey subtle insights into the deaf experience.
Her poetry was inspired by family and church themes, and included hymns and sacred texts. She worked in several fields including book reviewing, story writing, and verse making. For a quarter of a century, Sangster was known by the public as a writer, beginning as a writer of verse, and combining later the practical work of a critic and journalist.