Quickly
Suggests a sense of urgency and vitality
Sharply
Suggests painful, biting cold and uninviting
Contrasts with the positivity later in the poem which shows happiness can be found anywhere
Under the Christmas lights
Suggests a sense of protection/being watched
Laughing
Suggests happiness and joy
White shawl
Suggests innocence, purity and nurturing
Brisk
Suggests vitality, liveliness and vigour
Cloud of happiness
Metaphor
Just as a cloud of happiness suggests joy and delight, so too the trio suggests togetherness and unity
Like a tea pot holder
Simile
Just as a tea pot holder keeps warmth and is small, so too the chihuahua suggests cozy and tiny
Fate, it abdicates
Personification
Just as if someone abdicates suggests bad luck, so too the fate is being personified as the enemy
This can represent the perils and difficulties in life that is forced into submission by the trio
Monsters of the year go blind
Metaphor
Just as monsters of the year suggests harsh realities and cruelty, so too the trios power makes these ‘monsters’ disappear
Shows the prescense is a protective force that can defeat negativity
March of three
Metaphor
Just as a march suggests unity and determination, so too the trio defeats this fate/bad luck
Each of them carry something representing joy and hope and march into the new year together
