In developing the characters in "A Wedding Gift", Maupassant uses DIREFT CHARACTERIZATION and VIVID IMAGERY. He reveals the personality of the character by telling the audience directly his writing, and the way he describe things all-encompassing. He included all of the senses while making his descriptions.
It is a a metaphore because it compares her hair to a mass of gray ringlets
yeah so what do you do just make a story how long does it need to be?
The correct answer is indeed a rhetorical question.
Rhetorical questions are those questions which don't necessarily need an answer. They just show us what somebody is thinking about, and it doesn't mean they want their question answered. This is what the excerpt above is about.
