Type of Figurative Stanza/line Text Meaning

Language

Simile stanza=3 through the parka’s This proves it is a

Line 14 fold it stabbed like a simile because it is
driven nail using the word “like”
to compare a parka’s
fold to a driven nail.
This means that it is
so cold that the cold
is piercing through
the thickest jacket.

Simile Stanza=2 land of gold seemed This means that it is

Line 11 to hold him like a a simile because it is
spell using the word “like”
to compare the land
of gold to a spell.
This means that he is
attracted or obsessed
by all the gold.

Personification Stanza=12 And the heavens This means that he

Line 50 scowled knows this was an
awful thing to do, and
it was kind of like a
sin. This is an
example of
personification
because the heavens
can’t actually scowl.

Personification Stanza=4 the stars o’erhead This proves that the

Line 18 were dancing heel stars are dancing,
and toe which they can’t
actually do. This
means that the stars
are twinkling in the
night sky.

Onomatopoeia Stanza=8 Howled out their This proves it is an

Line 36 woes to the homeless onomatopoeia
snow because howling is a
sound that they are
making in the poem.

Onomatopoeia Stanza= 14 in the heart of the This proves it is

Line 57 furnace roar onomatopoeia
because roaring is a
real life sound, which
they are using as
words in the story