Question

Anyone have the answers of cold within treasure trove workbook by evergreen publishers​

Answer 1

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Extract III

The last man of this forlorn………….from the cold within.

1. Explain the phrase ‘forlorn group.’ Which figure of speech is used here?

The phrase ‘forlorn group’ is an example of oxymoron i.e., a pair of contradictory terms. This phrase is ironical as it refers to these six people, who were sitting together in a group and were sad and lonely.

2. What game is the poet referring to while mentioning the last man of the group?

The selfish game of give and take that the last man employs-since anyone else does not offer his log to renew the fire, he also steps back.

3. What ‘proof of human sin’ is being referred to here? Explain.

All the six people died with their logs tightly clutched in their hands. Their indifference, animosity, discrimination invited death. This ‘proof of human sin’ is referred here.

4. The poet says that the characters ‘died from the cold within.’ What does he mean?

The title of the poem The Cold Within is symbolic of lack of warmth and compassion in human beings. Six human beings are caught against their will in ‘bleak and bitter cold,’ but none of them uses the wooden stick each one has , due to racism, envy, arrogance, revenge and greed. They are so cold from inside that they do not realise that by not helping others, they themselves will perish. Their cold heartedness invites death in the end and they die with their logs held tight in their hands.

5. What message is the poet trying to convey in the poem? How does he succeed in carrying out his task?

The message that the poet tries to give is that discriminatory attitude and hatred that humans have against one another on the basis of race, class and religion is futile. It is self-destructive.

The poem projects discrimination based on race, class and religion by narrating the story of six individuals who are caught together by chance in extreme cold. The people in the poem are from different backgrounds and religions. Owing to their prejudices against one another, it becomes difficult for them to put their stick into the fire. The discrimination, racism and bigotry proves futile as none of the six people stay alive at the end. Each perishes, not because of the cold outside but of the cold heartedness within each.