The Cold Within Questions and Answers

What does the poet mean by “forlorn group” in the poem “The Cold Within” by James Patrick Kinney? Why does he use this term?

Explain the figures of speech and other poetic devices used in James Patrick Kinney’s poem ‘The Cold Within’.

What message is the poet trying to convey in his poem and how does he succeed in doing that?

What did each of the six characters fail to do in James Patrick Kinney’s poem ‘The Cold Within’?

What does the first man hold back in the poem ‘The Cold Within’ and why?

Why do you think the poet has used the two adjectives ‘bleak’ and ‘bitter’ to describe the cold in the first stanza of the poem The Cold Within? What figure of speech is used in the line?

James Patrick Kinney’s poem The Cold Within is a critique on human nature of discrimination and selfishness. Explain.

What does the line ‘Or so the story’s told’ indicate in James Patrick Kinney’s poem “The Cold Within”?

Was the black man prejudiced in the poem ‘The Cold Within’ by James Patrick Kinney? Against whom was his prejudice?

Comment on the character of the last man in James Kinney’s poem The Cold Within. Is the man any different from the other five people?