Question

from chapter the cold within ; why did the six humans die actually? what did they lack?

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Answer 1

By the phrase “the cold within” the poet means the coldness of the hearts — the lack of warm human spirits of the six persons who gathered around the dying fire in that winter evening. Though all of them possessed a log of wood, none agreed to give it to the fire to keep it burning and keep them warm

Answer 2

Answer:

Answer: The six men didnot die because of thecold without. Rather it was the cold within theirhearts that killed them.Their feelings of revenge, greed, hatred, selfishness, racism, intolerance and arrogance killed them.