Q1) In the poem "The Cold Within" there are in all SIX persons who are trapped
a) Write a line on the character of each one of them
b) Each one had a "birch stick" in their hand. Did they make any good use of the sticks?
Answers
Explanation:
The Cold Within” was written in the 1960s by an American poet known as James Patrick Kinney.lt has appeared in countless church bulletins, web sites and teaching seminars, as well as magazines and newspapers. According to the poet’s widow, he submitted the poem first to the Saturday Evening Post, but it was rejected as “too controversial for the time”. Kinney sent it later to Liguorian, a Catholic magazine, which was the first commercial publication to print it.
According to Timothy Kinney (the poet’s son), the poem was originally read at an ecumenical council meeting, after which the ministers, priests and rabbis in attendance requested copies of it. They read the poem to their congregations and, before long, “The Cold Within” became well known throughout the United States. According to James Patrick Kinney’s son, the poem is in the public domain. A short and sweet poem written by James Patrick Kinney in the 60’s that gives an extreme euphemism for the consequences of racism.
About the Poet
The late James P. Kinney fueled by a sense of justice, and wanted to change the world for the better. With this motive in mind he wrote his most famous poem, “The Cold Within ”, which is a simple, straightforward and powerful poem. It also describes the man who wrote it. When you understand the man, you’ll see why he wrote the poem. Thanks to Timothy Kinney, James Kinney’s son, we have insight into the man behind this now- classic poem:
The poet talks about Cheviot, Ohio, which is a township on the west side of Cincinnati,Ohio. There was still a law on the books there that a black person was not allowed on the streets of the city after dark. This was during the civil rights movement. The poet and a group of men from his church felt that this was an outrage, so they approached the City Council to have the law abolished. They were told that, since there were no black families in Cheviot, any black person on the streets after dark was obviously up to no good, so the law would remain. My father’s group found a family of black activists who were willing to move to Cheviot. They helped them move in and tried to make them feel at home. Then they approached the City Council again and said “under the new circumstances, the law must be changed.”