Question

The dying fire in need of logs,
But the first one held her back.
For of the faces round the fire,
She noticed one was black.
-The Cold Within, James
The poet refers to the dying fire". What does it mean here?
Who are sitting beside it and why?​

Answer 1

Answer:

the poet says that the fire is dying but still the people of different race are holding their log of wood in their hand till they die of cold

they didnt died of cold outside but of the cold inside their hearts.