Author | John Greenleaf Whittier |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Ticknor and Fields |
Publication date | 1866 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | 52 pages |
Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl is a long narrative poem by American poet John Greenleaf Whittier first published in 1866. The poem, presented as a series of stories told by a family amid a snowstorm, was extremely successful and popular in its time. The poem depicts a peaceful return to idealistic domesticity and rural life after the American Civil War.