It is a simile that most likely means that Alice ran away very fast, seemingly like the wind.
<span>I think it is when you’re creating an outline for your paper, and when you need to narrow down the scope of a topic.I am not sure though. </span>
Patter song is characterized by fast or very fast tempo. it's a comic song which depends on its rapid expression of words. most commonly it occurs in an Operetta. so the answer to your question is Operetta.
