Questions on "Ice" by Mary Oliver

1. What is the overall tone of the poem, and how is this established?
2. What is the relationship between the poetic voice and other members of her family and how is this communicated?
3. What is the effect of the two-line stanzas and how does this affect the reading of the poem?
4. What connotations does 'black ice' have in the thirteenth stanza?
   
5. Why does the poetic voice ask her mother to 'please save everything' in the last stanza?