Writing is an act of construction. I am a builder. I am an architect with a plan, but sometimes in the middle of the plan the bu
ilding takes over its own construction. I am a carpenter following the grain of the wood to where ideas lead. How does the use of parallelism enhance the paragraph?
It adds humor to a serious topic.
It creates mystery about the writer’s true profession.
It explains the comparison made between writing and construction.
It emphasizes the idea that construction takes more skill and work than writing.
These lines taken from "The Snow Man" might be interpreted in these ways. One possibility is to have an objective view of the nature of a winter landscape without attributing any personal emotions to it. The other interpretarion is the assiciation of winter with misery, sadness and loneliness, the feelings that are related to the picture of the wind blowing with just a few leaves.
