Winter

When icicles hang by the wall
And Dick the shepherd blows his nail
And Tom bears logs into the hall,
And milk comes frozen home in pail,
When Blood is nipped and ways be foul,
Then nightly sings the staring owl,
Tu-who;
Tu-whit, tu-who: a merry note,
While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.

When all aloud the wind doth blow,
And coughing drowns the parson's saw,
And birds sit brooding in the snow,
And Marian's nose looks red and raw
When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl,
Then nightly sings the staring owl,
Tu-who;
Tu-whit, tu-who: a merry note,
While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
William Shakespear
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The meaning of the words

Icicle: thin point stick of ice that hangs down from something such as a roof.
Dick: name of person.
Shepherd: someone whose job is to take care of sheep.
Blow: wind moving.
Log: peace of cut trees.
Hall: a room or passage that is just inside the front entrance of a house or public building.
Pail: bucket.
Nipped: frozen.
Foul: disgusting, very ugly.
Nightly: every night.
Stare: to look at someone or something for a long time without moving your eyes.
Owl: kind of bird hunts at night and has large eyes.
Merry: happy.
Greasy: full of oil.
Keel: cooling.
Blow: to remove.
Cough: pushing air out of your throat with tough sound because you are sick.
Parson: the man of the church.
Saw: a tool with sharp points, used for cutting wood.
Brood: to think sadly.
Marian: name of a girl.
Raw: un*****d.
Roasted: to cook or be *****d in an oven or over a fire.
Crabs: a wild fruit (green apple).
Hiss: sound (hiss).

Paraphrasing

the ice that hangs down from the wall /roof ,a shepherd called Dick who is trying to warm his hand and another man called tom is carring the peae of wood which he is working hard in cutting the to store. the cold weather frozen the milk and the veins of the people and all the road are very dirty.

the owl is singing this song "tu -with-tu-who" every night . in the time that dirty joan is cooling.the pot when the wind blow , and the coughing drowns the parsons saw.the birds are sitting sadly and not singing because of the snowy weather.maria has a red and row nose andheated green apples are making a hissing sound in the dish because of the cold weather

The main theme in this poem is about the tough and extremely cold winter. It is descriptive poem for conditions that people went through in the cold winter in that time.