...exceeds that of fine carpeting
...resembling...a bishop who...
like spit on a griddle
like porpoises
like victorious tank commanders after a battle
in well-behaved years
dog and assistant dog
winter has forgotten its lines
the storm is muscular enough...
snow edits out corn stubble
rabid teenagers turn reasonable
a clear, cold day
skiers, not skaters
the decaying dollar
whiny wives
snug and snowed-in
man-made snow, machine-made s.
make heroes manifest
No snow. (l.1)
No snow. Not anywhere in New England. (l.22)
No snow, bygod, since .... (l. 40)
But there is no snow. (l. 63) [= variation to the repetition of "no snow"]
When snow has piled chest high...
No snow to mire cars, (L.112)
Still it does not snow. (l. 137) [= variation plus change of word category from noun to verb, a stylistic device which is called "polyptoton"]