The poem "The Snow Man" is an example of free verse. THE SNOW MAN

By Marian Douglas

Look! how the clouds are flying south!

The winds pipe loud and shrill!

And high above the white drifts stands

The snow man on the hill.

Blow, wild wind from the icy north!

Here's one who will not fear

To feel thy coldest touch, or shrink

Thy loudest blast to hear.

Proud triumph of the schoolboy's skill!

Far rather would I be

A winter giant, ruling o'er

A frosty realm, like thee,

And stand amid the drifted snow,

Like thee, a thing apart,

Than be a man who walks with men,

But has a frozen heart!

lihuliivi hili nilu lutaula previous 21 next end of semester test: english 12b submit test reader tools info- select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. read this excerpt and complete the sentences that follow a shropshire lad by ae housman (excerpt) when i was one-and-twenty i heard a wise man say "give crowns and pounds and guineas but not your heart away give pearls away and rubies but keep your fancy free." but i was one-and-twenty no use to talk to me when i was one-and-twenty i heard him say again, "the heart out of the bosom was never given in vain 'tis paid with sighs a plenty and sold for endless rue" and i am two-and-twenty. and oh, 'tis true, 'tis true the central theme of the poem is in the end, the poet the wise man's views. reset next