Snow Flakes, Emily Dickinson: Summary & Analysis

"Snow Flakes" by Emily Dickinson captures the whimsical and transformative nature of snowfall through a playful and imaginative lens. The poem explores the speaker's observations of snowflakes, transforming from a structured counting exercise to a joyful celebration of the snow's lively presence. Snow Flakes Snow flakes. I counted till they danced so Their slippers leaped the town, And then I took a pencil To note the rebels down. And then they grew so jolly I did resign the prig, And ten of my once stately toes Are marshalled for a jig! Summary "Snow Flakes" begins with the speaker counting snowflakes as they dance and twirl. In their imagination, the snowflakes transform into dancers with leaping slippers that fill the town. The speaker then takes a pencil to note down their observations, but the snowflakes become even more lively and jolly. The counting task becomes joyful, and the speaker abandons the role of a prig (someone who is overly proper or stric…