Question

at the window
splitting the hive
of winter
snow stinging
the air
i pull a comforter
of snow
up to my chin
and tumble
to sleep
as the whole
alphabet
of silence
falls out of the
sky
\blizzard\ from poetry magazine by linda pastan. copyright (c) 1978. used by permission of poetry magazine. all rights reserved.
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guiding questions
question 3 of 3
what happens to the snow at the end of the poem?
a it melts.
b it stops falling.
c it buries a person.
d it continues to fall.

Explanation:

The final lines of the poem describe the speaker using snow as a comforter and falling asleep as "the whole alphabet of silence falls out of the sky"—this imagery implies the snow keeps falling, as the "silence" tied to the blizzard/snow continues.

Answer:

D. It continues to fall.