The over-all picture is winter <br />icy mountains <br />in the background the return <br />from the hunt it is toward evening <br />from the left <br />sturdy hunters lead in <br />their pack the inn-sign <br />hanging from a <br />broken hinge is a stag a crucifix <br />between his antlers the cold <br />inn yard is <br />deserted but for a huge bonfire <br />that flares wind-driven tended by <br />women who cluster <br />about it to the right beyond <br />the hill is a pattern of skaters <br />Brueghel the painter <br />concerned with it all has chosen <br />a winter-struck bush for his <br />foreground to <br />complete the picture<br /><br />William Carlos Williams<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hunters-in-the-snow/
