Great Regulars: Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem "The Snow-Storm"

was published in 1841; about twenty-two years later (1862), Emily Dickinson composed "It sifts from Leaden Sieves"; therefore, she no doubt had read and enjoyed Emerson's drama focusing on the behavior of snow.

Dickinson often practiced rewriting other people's work, especially poems.

from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Drama in Snow Poems

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