Question

Read the excerpt from "The Snow.”

It fills with alabaster wool
The wrinkles of the road.

In these lines the poet uses a metaphor to describe how the snow

is quickly absorbed into the ground.
falls in a single sheet to the ground.
accumulates in the cracks in the ground.
cover causes ripples on the ground.

Answer 1

In the lines provided, the poet describes the snow as "alabaster wool" filling "the wrinkles of the road." This metaphor suggests that the snow accumulates in the irregularities and cracks of the road, resembling how wool might fill a textured space. Thus, the correct interpretation is that the snow **accumulates in the cracks in the ground.**