The Cold Within James Patrick Kinney Extract2 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? 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. And 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 . 1. Tattered clothes mean old and worn out clothes. This expression symbolise that the person was poor. The third one gave his coat a hitch because it was very cold and he wanted to get warmth by all the resources he had. 2. The third one does not wanted to give his log to warm the rich because he hates the rich as he thinks that the rich never helps the poor and does not wanted him to get benefitted from the warmth. 3.The rich man thinks that he has earned by his hard work . He hates the poor as he thinks that they are undeserv...
The cold within The lasy man of this forlorn group Did nought except for gain. Giving only to those who gave Was how he played the game. Their logs held tight in death's still hand Was proof of human sin. They didn't die from the cold without They died from cold within Answers1 . The phrase 'forlorn group' means a group of people sad and lonely. The poet says that all the person near the fire were selfish. The figure of speech used here is oxymoron. It is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. Answer2 . The game referred here is the game played by the last man which was based on the give and take policy which means he didn't want to give anything to anyone unless he would get som...