Romantic Poem Reflection

     One of my  favorite poems we studied this week was Snowbound by John Greenleaf Whittier. I like this poem because it tells the story of a farming family during a blizzard. I love the country and farms and I also love snow (a hazard of having relatives from Minnesota!). This story so vividly portrays how a family in the country lived during the winter. The people in those days were much hardier than we are today. They all knew their job and did so right away. Most importantly, they knew how to have fun with their family without the modern "conveniences" we have today. This is a wonderful poem about country life and makes me wish I could travel back in time to visit this quaint little setting.