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In a house alone, an old person sits silently as snow comes down. He/She can hear horse trot by on the cobblestone road outside his house, never stopping to say anything. The sound echoes through the person's ears, all through the night, as the lonely fire burns bright.
That's what I imagine.
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Explanation:
It could mean one of two things; the play is talking about a paradise or afterlife beyond death that has nothing earth has conflict and pain wise.
Or that before his passing, he was happy despite all the pain and lived, not to survive, but to take every day as a blessing.
It is a simile, because the author used the words (like) and (a), those are always hints that it is a simile.
