Read these lines from “It Sifts from Leaden Sieves.” It sifts from Leaden Sieves It powders all the Wood It fills with ‘Alabaster

Read these lines from “It Sifts from Leaden Sieves.”

It sifts from Leaden Sieves
It powders all the Wood
It fills with ‘Alabaster Wool’
The Wrinkles of the Road –
What is the Alabaster Wool referenced in these lines?
O the coats of woodland animals
O white gravel used to fill the ruts in the old road
O cloth that the speaker weaves in her grief
O snow, collecting in fluffy clumps

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