By Fatema Hashim

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The extract presents the narrator’s love for winter and the reasons why.
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It is perhaps a recollection of the past.
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Also presents how the cold season juxtaposes with the narrator’s relationship with his/her father.

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Impact of winter “Winter.”
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“I smile.” - how the winter makes the narrator feel. Simplicity of this phrase shows the lasting impact the winter has and how the simple things make them happy.
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“Winter to me was the end... building of snowmen.” - imagery to help the reader imagine the narrator’s view of the winter.

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Impact of winter on the narrator’s life.
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Sibilance of “the sky was blue and seamless...” in contrast to alliteration of
“cawing of crows.”
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“And kites, of course. Flying kites. And running them.” - fragmented sentences
- shows lasting impact of the kites on the narrator.

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Passage may be a reflection back to the narrator’s past.
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Use of past participles “watched,”
“loved.”
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“I think.” - shows narrator is perhaps reflecting.
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Childlike activities such as “building snowmen,” - perhaps reflection to the narrator’s childhood.

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Metaphors to show distance between narrator and father.
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Juxtaposition of cold season to distance of father and narrator lessening: “As the trees froze and the ice sheathed the roads, the chill between Baba and me thawed a little.”
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“Kites were the one paper thin intersection between those spheres.