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    The black person got a chance to spite against the the white in the poem. His weapon was his stick of wood. Read summary of The Cold Within

    The black person got a chance to spite against the the white in the poem. His weapon was his stick of wood.

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    The following lines denote that the person finally found his way to seek revenge and the lay in his stick of wood. By not giving the stick to the white man, the black person would be able to grab his chance to spite the white. Read summary of The Cold Within

    The following lines denote that the person finally found his way to seek revenge and the lay in his stick of wood. By not giving the stick to the white man, the black person would be able to grab his chance to spite the white.

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    The suspense of element being built up in the first extract is that whether it’s actually the cold weather killed them or not. Read summary of The Cold Within

    The suspense of element being built up in the first extract is that whether it’s actually the cold weather killed them or not.

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    The need of the hour was to give logs to keep the dying fire alive or else the extreme cold would freeze the people present there to death. Read summary of The Cold Within

    The need of the hour was to give logs to keep the dying fire alive or else the extreme cold would freeze the people present there to death.

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    The figure of speech used in the phrase is alliteration. It describes the extremely cold weather outside and inside their hearts. It also refers that they are brought together by fate and not by their will.

    The figure of speech used in the phrase is alliteration.

    It describes the extremely cold weather outside and inside their hearts. It also refers that they are brought together by fate and not by their will.

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    The tone of the poem is faced paced and interesting and serious which allows the readers to ponder and reflect upon what they read. Read summary of The Cold Within

    The tone of the poem is faced paced and interesting and serious which allows the readers to ponder and reflect upon what they read.

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    Happenstance means when something happens coincidentally but here it’s used to ironically when the poet says that ‘six humans’ get trapped by happenstance in a bitter cold. Read summary of The Cold Within

    Happenstance means when something happens coincidentally but here it’s used to ironically when the poet says that ‘six humans’ get trapped by happenstance in a bitter cold.

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    The setting of the poem is that there are six people, each carrying a different discriminatory attitude against one another refused to give their log of wood lest should the person they hate get warmth from that. This hatred and envy led to the deaths of all the six person. Read summary of The ColdRead more

    The setting of the poem is that there are six people, each carrying a different discriminatory attitude against one another refused to give their log of wood lest should the person they hate get warmth from that. This hatred and envy led to the deaths of all the six person.

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    Literary devices used in the poem are:- 1) Alliteration- is that close repetition of consonant sounds in a line for better narration. For example, In bleak and bitter cold. 2) Personification:- is used when abstract ideas are compared to human qualities. For example:- Their logs held in death’s stilRead more

    Literary devices used in the poem are:-

    1) Alliteration- is that close repetition of consonant sounds in a line for better narration. For example, In bleak and bitter cold.
    2) Personification:- is used when abstract ideas are compared to human qualities. For example:- Their logs held in death’s still hands. 
    3) Antithesis:- is a statement contrasting two things. For example when the poet says, “They didn’t die from the cold without/ They died from the cold within.”

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