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𝓑𝔂 :​-ᴊᴀᴍᴇs ᴘᴀᴛʀɪᴄᴋ ᴋɪɴɴᴇʏ

Rhyming scheme:​- ​ABCB

𝙽𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚎𝚖:-
There is nothing extraordinary in the form of The Cold Within. It's a simple ​narrative poem​ with
eight quatrains and a rhyme scheme of ​abcb​.

sᴛᴀɴᴢᴀ 𝟷:-
Six humans trapped by happenstance
In bleak and bitter cold.
Each one possessed a stick of wood
Or so the story’s told.

Kinney’s poem The Cold Within is rich in its use of poetic devices, or figures
of speech for that matter.

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𝙵𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚎𝚌𝚑
𝙸𝚗 𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚍​:​ ​
Alliteration​:
Alliteration is the repetition of similar consonant sounds at the beginning of
adjacent words.

𝙴𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍.

Allegory:
Convey hidden or complex meaning through symbolic figures, imagery,
events, actions.

𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:​ ​🔥
Q1) ​What does happenstance mean?

Ans:- ​Happenstance means an event that might have been arranged although it is
accidental.

Q2) ​Explain the symbolism used by the poet.

Ans:-
● The poet uses symbolism to show that it was the coldness of their hearts
which extinguished the fire of life.
● Fire, which symbolized hope and acceptance, might have saved the ,
characters but they refused to shun their prejudices and let it die thus sealing
their wn doom.

Q3) ​Which figure of speech is used in the line ‘In bleak and bitter cold’?

Ans:- ​Alliteration​, close repetition of consonant sound.

sᴛᴀɴᴢᴀ:- 𝟸
Their dying fire in need of logs,
But the first one held hers back,
For, of the faces round the fire,
She noticed one was black​.

Q4​) ​ ​What is the symbolic significance of the phrase ‘dying fire’?

Ans:-
● The word ​‘fire’​ basically symbolises ​the basic spirit of humanity and harmony
underlying the social-cultural milieus of existence​.

● The adjective ​‘dying’​ may be interpreted as the poor state of social

relationships, due to the prevalence of negative values and feelings.

Q6) ​Who is sitting across the white lady?

Ans:-​ ​A ​black-skinned​ person is sitting across the white lady.

Q7) ​Which sin is hinted at in these lines?

Ans: ​The sin of racial discrimination is hinted at. The first man does not give his stick
because he does not want to save a black mart.

Q8) ​How did the first human react?

Ans:- ​The first human was a ​white lady​. She was racist. She wasn’t ready to
sacrifice her log into the extinguishing fire as she noticed that one among her fellow
beings was black. She was too stubborn and adamant enough not to save the life of
a black.

STANZA :- 3
The next man looking ‘cross the way
Saw one not of his church,
And couldn’t bring himself to give
The fire his stick of birch.

𝙵𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚎𝚌𝚑
𝚂𝚊𝚠 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑
Metonymy​:-​ ​𝙰 𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚢𝚖𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚑𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗
𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝.

Q8) ​Why do you think the second one declined his stick?

Ans:- ​The second human too declined his stick into the fire because as he
was looking across, ​he found one among his group doesn’t practice the faith
he does.​ So, it was difficult for him to save a man who doesn’t belong to his
church.

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Q9)​Based on your reading, briefly describe the character of the man referred
to as ‘the next man’ in this stanza.

Ans​:-
● ​ The ‘next man’ in this stanza is ​bigoted​ and ​biased despite being religious​.

● As his attitude suggests , ​he is not the one who follows his faith with a broad
mind and big heart.

● I​ nstead his attitude is that of a selfish and opportunistic character who hates
his neighbour for following a different faith​.​ Thus, he is least concerned about
practically adopting one of the greatest of all ideals that every faith instructs its
followers to cherish, i.e. love for one’s neighbour. Moreover,​ his obsession
 with his own ‘church’ also suggests that he is too dogmatic and orthodox in
his belief.

STANZA 4:-
The third one sat in tattered clothes.
He gave his coat a hitch.
Why should his log be put to use
To warm the idle rich?

Q10) .​What do tattered clothes tell about the man?

Ans:-​ ​A man in tattered clothes refers to a poor man.

Q11)​How did he react?

Ans​:-
● The poor man hated rich and their idle nature.
● He was not willing to spend his hard-earned possession to save the life of a
rich man who never thinks about the poor.

Q12) ​How do you think the poor man should have behaved instead of showing
negativity in his attitude and behaviour as suggested in this stanza?
Ans:-​.
● ​The poor man should have reasonably understood his own state and
accepted it as a reality without blaming the rich man.
● He must have been able to appraise and appreciate his economic condition
with fairness and without impartiality or bias.
This would have enabled him to think of the crisis with a positive frame of mind and
contribute towards it for making the situation better for all.

STANZA 5:-

The rich man just sat back and thought

Of the wealth he had in store,
And how to keep what he had earned
From the lazy, shiftless poor.

Q13)​Based on this stanza, how will you define the attitude of the rich man?

Ans​.:-
● T ​ he rich man has been described here as a ​mean-minded, self-seeking
paranoid​ who is scared of the presence of the poor man.
 ● His perception of the poor man as ​‘lazy’​ and ​‘shiftless’​, captured in the last
line, shows that he is conceited and deceitful as well.

● The rich man is greedy​ and has his own stereotyped perception of the poor
man that prevents him from taking initiative to make the situation better.

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Q14)​What, according to this stanza, prompts the rich man to sit back without
offering his log?​
Ans​:-​.

● While the rich man is over-possessive about his wealth​, he is also biased in
his opinion about the poor man.

● He feels that if the poor man survives, he may make off with all he owns. ​It’s
his desire not to let the poor man survive that prompts him to sit back and
make no effort to offer the log he holds.

STANZA 6:-

The black man’s face bespoke revenge

As the fire passed from his sight.
For all he saw in his stick of wood
Was a chance to spite the white.

Q15)​According to this stanza, what is the motive behind the black man’s
refusal to offer his stick of wood?
Who is the target of his prejudice?

Ans​:-
● T ​ he stanza reveals that the motive behind the black man’s refusal to offer his
stick of wood is retaliation or revenge.
● The black man thinks it as a chance to take revenge and harm the ​white man
who is the target of his prejudice, by keeping the log to himself​.

Q16)​What does the ‘stick of wood’ held by the black man symbolise in his own
context?

Ans:
● ‘​ The stick of wood’ that the black man holds is ​apparently a kind of life-line on
which his survival depends​.
● As the black man is obsessed with the idea of not letting the white man have
his share in the fire, he refuses to offer his stick of wood. Thus, to the black
 man, ​his stick of wood symbolises an opportunity to take revenge on the white
man.

STANZA 7​:-

The last man of this forlorn group

Did nought except for gain.
Giving only to those who gave
Was how he played the game.

𝙵𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚎𝚌𝚑

𝙶𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎

𝚆𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎
Metaphor​:​-​a word or phrase that is used in an imaginative way to show that
somebody/something has the same qualities as another thing.

Q17)​What type of mindset aptly defines the behavior of the ‘last man’?
Ans:-
● It can be regarded as a grossly materialistic mindset devoid of generosity for
fellow humans or philanthropy​.
● A greedy fellow who would give help only if there is something beneficial in
return i.e., ​he doesn’t want to lose his possession without being in a profitable
state.

STANZA 8:-

Their logs held tight in death’s still hands

Was proof of human sin.
They didn’t die from the cold without
They died from the cold within.

𝙵𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚎𝚌𝚑
𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑’𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜
Personification​-​ ​The projection of characteristics which belong only to
humans onto animate animals, objects, forces of nature and delites.

Q18) ​What is the phrase ​‘human sin’​ used here for?

Ans​:-
● This phrase basically suggests their ​gross insensitivity​ and ​hostility towards
one another.
 ● What is inhuman about their tragic death is their ​refusal to sacrifice their egos
and prejudices​, ignoring the fact they might have survived if they had agreed
to cooperate.

● It speaks about their inner weakness​, which is ​tantamount​ to ​impiety​ and

wickedness​.

Q19)​What do the phrases ​‘cold without’​ and ​‘cold within’​ suggest here?

Ans​:-
● T ​ he first phrase,​ ​‘cold without’​ ​has a plain meaning, ​signifying the inclement
climatic condition in which the six men are trapped.

● The second phrase​, ​‘cold within’

has a deep, connotative meaning, implying their insensitive prejudices and
inhuman behavior which cost their lives.

Q20)​State how the following theme is connected with the theme of the poem:

Ans:- ​Their dying fire in need of logs

Literally, ​it refers to the fire that is dying and needs to be kept alive with the
use of a log​.

● Metaphorically​, it can be understood as the fire of compassion in their

hearts that is dying. To keep it burning what they need is a log of wood,
but they do not use it. Thus, by the end, each one of them dies from ‘the
cold within’.

◦•●◉✿SUMMARY✿◉●•◦

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​ 𝚜𝚝​ : ​𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚖𝚊𝚗
1
𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚙​. ​ - ​

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​ 𝚗𝚍​: ​𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜
2
𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚘𝚗​.

👨🦲 🤵
3𝚛𝚍​: ​𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚜,
𝚎𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚑​. ​ -
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4𝚝𝚑​: ​𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘
𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚛​. - ​

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5𝚝𝚑​: ​𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎
𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎​. ​ -

6𝚝𝚑​: ​𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚘

🤯💁
𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕
𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗​. ♂

◦ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ, ɪᴛ ᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʀs ᴀs ᴛʜᴇ sᴛɪᴄᴋs ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʟʟ ʜᴇʟᴅ ᴛɪɢʜᴛʟʏ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʜᴀɴᴅs
sᴛᴏᴏᴅ ᴀs ᴛʜᴇ "​sʏᴍʙᴏʟ ᴏғ ʀᴇᴠᴇɴɢᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴀᴛʀᴇᴅ"
● They lacked the aura of humanity

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● The selfish sould invited the death and they died by the
coldness their hearts. ​

● The Frigidnes of people is what ends up killing them.

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