Snow
Enchanting Silence: Unveiling the Poetic Depths of Jillian Aversa's 'Snow'
Lyrics
White are the far off plains,
Describes distant plains covered in white snow.
And white the fading forest grow.
Emphasizes the white color as the forest fades into the distance.
The wind dies out along the height,
The wind fades away at higher altitudes.
And denser still, the snow --
The snow becomes denser, accumulating.
A gathering weight on roof and tree --
The weight of snow gathers on roofs and trees.
Falls down scarce audibly.
The snow falls so quietly that it's almost inaudible.
The meadows and far, sheeted streams
Meadows and streams are covered in snow, silent.
Lie still without a sound.
The landscape is tranquil, resembling a dream.
Like some soft minister of dreams,
The snowfall creates a sense of peacefulness around the speaker.
The snowfall hoods me around.
Implies a pervasive silence across nature - in forests, waters, and the air.
In wood and water, earth and air,
A silence is everywhere.
Except for occasional sounds, there's a prevailing quietness.
Save when at lonely spells,
-Some farmer's sleigh, urged on,
A farmer's sleigh passes by the speaker in the lonely expanse.
With rustling runners and sharp bells,
The sleigh makes noise with its runners and bells.
Swings by me and is gone --
The sleigh passes swiftly and disappears.
Or from the empty space, I hear
The speaker hears a distant and clear sound from an empty space.
A sound remote and clear.
The evening deepens and gray
The evening darkens, bringing the earth and sky closer together.
Folds closer earth and sky.
The world seems distant and covered, enveloped in gray.
The world seems shrouded,
Everything feels far away and shrouded.
So far away.
All noises seem to have subsided into sleep.
Its noises sleep, and I,
The speaker, like buried streams, moves quietly.
I secret as yon buried streams,
The speaker continues forward silently, lost in thoughts or dreams.
Plod dumbly on and dream.
The speaker plods forward quietly and dreams.
I dream.
I dream.
-I dream.
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