What does she do to help him? Is she wise in this?

Why is Mrs. Pumphrey worried about Tricki?

Have there been times when you felt depressed or hopeless? Have you experienced a similar moment that changed your mood that day ?

What do the ‘crow’ and ‘hemlock’ represent — joy or sorrow? What does the dust of snow that the crow shakes off a hemlock tree stand for?

Again, what is “a hemlock tree”? Why doesn’t the poet write about a more ‘beautiful’ tree such as a maple, or an oak, or a pine?

What are the birds that are usually named in poems? Do you think a crow is often mentioned in poems? What images come to your mind when you think of a crow?