Uncertainty to devastation

Devastation to hope

Cheerful to angry

Outgoing to withdrawn

Line 2: the empty milking stalls rise up

Line 4: exiled forever on shores of prairie

Line 5: Decaying timber moans softly in twilight

Line 7: Tomorrow the heavy lilac blossoms will open

alliteration and repetition

simile and metaphor

metaphor and personification

personification and simile

the overall length 

the different uses of figurative language

the beginning and ending tone/mood

the author's purpose

first person

third person

omniscient