Read the extract given below and answer the question that follows:

The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood.

What did the crow do to the hemlock tree ?

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The crow shook the hemlock tree which resulted in snow falling on the poet.

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Read the extract given below and answer the question that follows:The way a crowShook down on meThe dust of snowFrom a hemlock treeHas given my heartA change of mood.What did the crow do to the hemlock tree ?

The crow shook the hemlock tree which resulted in snow falling on the poet.

Read the extract given below and answer the question that follows:

The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood.

What did the crow do to the hemlock tree ?