Can someone answer any or all of these questions?? Poem: The first snowfall by James Russell Lowell

1. List the rhyme scheme for the first two stanzas of the poem.

2. What example of personification do we witness in stanza two?

3. What four metaphors for snow do we observe in stanzas two and three?

4. What simile is evident in stanza four?

5. In stanza seven, “our first great sorrow” is a metaphor for what event?

6. Cite an example of alliteration from stanza eight.

7. Stanza eight describes a “slow healing process.” What simile does the poet use to help
the reader visualize this?

8. In the last stanza, what do we learn about the father as he kisses his little girl, Mabel?