Would you say that the cold within is an apt title for this poem give you reason
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THE TITLE OF THE POEM THE COLD WITHIN IS AN APPROPRIATE TITLE. THE POET HIMSELF EXPLAINS THE TRAGIC STORY AT THE LAST STANZA. HE CLEARLY MENTIONS IN THE LAST TWO LINES OF THE STANZA THAT THE SIX STRANGERS DIED NOT BECAUSE OF THE COLD THAT THEY WERE FEELING (COLD FROM WINDS) INSTEAD THEY DIED BECAUSE OF THEIR SINS AND PREDUJICES
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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. This was because of the discriminatory attitude they had against each other over petty things like class, caste, colour, religious faith or ethnicity. In the end, they were found frozen to death with their logs held in their still hands. Therefore the poet commented that the death was not due to the cold outside, it was the cold within their hearts that killed them.
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