First, read the work thoroughly/read about the author and time period (first part, then second part)
Then, ask yourself judgement questions
Followed by giving good reasons, then the outline, then write it
After you write it, proofread/revise, and finally write the last copy
Answer:
happiness : misery :: safety : peril
giggle : sob :: smile : grimace
contest : prize :: work : compensation
nervous : insecure :: gullibility : credulity
abrupt : sudden :: inevitability : fate
regret : disappointment :: acceptance : resignation
Explanation:
7: Misery is antonym of happiness, similarly peril is antonym safety.
8: Sob is antonym of giggle, and analogically grimace is antonym of smile.
9: Prize is effect/reward of a cause (contest), similarly effect/reward of work is compensation.
10: Insecure is synonym of nervous, similarly credulity is synonym of gullibility.
11: Sudden is synonym of abrupt, similarly fate is synonym of inevitability.
12: Disappointment is effect of regret, similarly resignation is effect of acceptance.
The narrator is spending time with his children?
Personally I believe the extended metaphor could be more effective since it provides more info and meaning to the poem itself
