Higher+Purpose+2

In "The Snow Man'' by Wallace Stevens, I feel that the higher purpose of it was to go further than just describing a snow man. I think this because he goes much into far more detail than a simple snow man possesses. Like in this line, "The spruces rough in the distant glitter." He goes out of his way to create the most vivid picture of winter possible. I do not think of a snow man when I read that line, I think of early morning sunrise glistening of melted snow on a spruce's tree branch. Also, I feel that there is a lot love in this poem. In the line, "For the listener, who listens in the snow, And, nothing himself, beholds Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is. It appears to be a simple ending, but when you look closer at it, you can see love and feeling. I feel that Wallace's final product was more than he could have hoped for, because not only does it create vivid images of winter and also a snow man. It symbolizes love and affection for winter.