Question

What does the poet mean by trapped in happenstance?

Answer 1

Answer:

The poet says that 'six humans' get trapped by chance in a bitter cold. He uses the word 'happenstance', which is quite ironic. Happenstance means 'chance, especially when it results in something good'. Here the end is quite tragic, thus ironic. They were sitting near the fire which was fast dying.

Answer 2

it is said that accidently six humans are met together in bitter cold each with a log of wood in there hands to save their life and there's a dying fire which they have to prevent from dying