I feel you have used the extended metaphor to powerful effect. Your poem
might be a little stronger, however, with some cutting. The idea of winter's
being a truck is a fresh one, and one that does fit. Many of your expressions
are very English. Here we would call it "an eighteen-wheeler." I don't know
what an articulated truck is. The metaphor, the ice and cold and iron make me
feel the cold to my bones. This is a cold that is bleak and unbeautiful. Well
done. Sue
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