Snow-Bound

Name: Snow-Bound
Author: John Greenleaf Whittier

by John Greenleaf Whittier

Narrative poem depicting a New England family snowed in during a winter storm

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John Greenleaf Whittier

American Quaker poet and abolitionist whose Snow-Bound is a classic evocation of New England rural life. He was an important antislavery journalist before turning to poetry.

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