Poet is sympathising with the speaker - trying to understand the speaker.
There is an obvious parallel between the snowman and the speaker - this is underlined by the speaker when they talk as if the snow man is inside them.
"Ice within my own brain" - Line 5
Sound - The poem replicates natural speech so that we can 'hear' the voice of the speaker talking to us.
Tone - Agressive, sad, asking for help.
The poet's admiration of the snowman is the closest he comes to affection, but he cares more for this inatimate object than the living human children who have made it.
The speaker is pathetic, as he seems anxious to make a mark of some kind. He casually mentions how he might “pinch” a camera - it is worth little to him, but much to those whose memories it has recorded.
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