The Cold Within by James Patrick Kinney| ICSE | Class 9 & 10 | Treasure Trove

The poem “The Cold Within” by James Patrick Kinney consists of 8 stanzas of 4 lines each. The rhyming pattern is abcb for all the stanzas. Each stanza presents a person who has a different prejudice against someone else around the fire. They all make the same decision and all pay the same price for that decision as seen in the end. Here, the poet employs diction, figurative language, and rhyme to project his point that certain prejudices control people’s lives and actions. Due to these prejudices, we often tend to lose sensitivity towards others regarding them as inferior, hostile or different. ________________________________________________________________________ Disclaimer:- This is an educational channel to teach students in English with the help of pictures and videos. All the pictures and videos are royalty free and non-copyright. Still if you find any picture, video or music which is yours, it could be mistakenly, please be supportive and do not book a copyright strike. It is only used for educational purpose. _________________________________________________________________________