Plowmen
A plow, they say, to plow the snow. They cannot mean to plant it, though-- Unless in bitterness to mock At having cultivated rock.
Robert Frost
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A plow, they say, to plow the snow. They cannot mean to plant it, though-- Unless in bitterness to mock At having cultivated rock.
At first, the speaker is puzzling over a common turn of phrase: people say a plow can plow snow. But plowing normally prepares soil for planting, and you cannot plant anything in snow.
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