The Snowflake, and Other Poems

"The Snowflake, and Other Poems" by Arthur Weir is a collection of poems that uses expressive language and strong images to think about topics such as love, nature, and getting older. The first poem, "The Snowflake," starts the collection by telling the story of a sea nymph and her feelings, drawing the reader into the collection's themes right away. In "The Snowflake," the book introduces a world under the sea, which is where the narrator feels both the happiness and the sadness of love. Facing a difficult choice, she struggles with choosing between the beauty of the sea she calls home and the exciting possibility of the sky. This story, full of emotion and loss, prepares readers for the poems that follow, which also explore the same ideas about love, nature, and what it means to be human.