The title of the poem has brought out a negative tone as the pensioner complains. In the first stanza, the author conjures up an image of being sheltered from the rain under a broken tree. The word "broken" used to describe the tree and "rain" used here convey an image of hard times in the reader's mind. It makes the poem begin in a state of rejection and misfortune. The words" broken tree" and "rain" also act as long vowels, contributing to a mood of turmoil and hardship. A contrast can be seen between rain and fire as the author uses it at the end of the 1st and third line of the first stanza. The feeling conjured in the first two lines of the stanza can be deduced to be cold as a result of the rain and "broken tree" Then in the next two lines, they...