Precis: "Snow"

In “Snow”, David Berman describes, in a personal tone, the innocence of two children, through the imagery and title of the poem. The title of the poem is "Snow", and throughout the poem, Seth and his brother walk across snow as well. The hue of snow is white. White connotes a sense of innocence and purity, which is one reason as to why “angels” are mentioned throughout the poem. The purity of snow helps to depict children and childhood in general as something simple and squeaky clean. The imagery of this poem helps to create David Berman’s message about children in their early stages.