Read the excerpt from "The Snow-Storm." Come see the north wind’s masonry.
Out of an unseen quarry evermore
Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer
Curves his white bastions with projected roof
Round every windward stake, or tree, or door.

Which answer choice best interprets the imagery in these lines from the poem?

It is personification, as the wind shapes the snow the way a stone worker shapes rock.

It is an appeal to hearing, as the strong stone workers bravely face the loud wind.

It is an appeal to the reader's sense of touch, as the cold wind is blowing fiercely from the north.

It is a metaphor, as the wind gently blows large snowflakes through the air.