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Seriously? Well, OK. The "debt unpaid" is the narrator's to Sam McGee that he will cremate McGee's body. Though they're in a howling winter wilderness, the trail's "stern code," the ethical obligations created by those sharing such travail, demands that the narrator fulfill his promise -- if only for his own sense of integrity. In the days that he's hauling McGee's corpse, it's too cold for him to speak -- hence, his lips are "dumb" -- but in his heart he's cursing "that load," McGee's corpse, and at night he detests it -- I suspect the cursing and loathing happened together, day and night. Can't say I blame him, though, of course, it turns out well for McGee. Wonder what the two of them did after McGee thawed . .. .
Yes, Sam McGee dies in the poem "The Cremation of Sam McGee". He hated the cold and a man promised him that he would cremate his body so that his spirit would be warm. After Sam died, the man kept his promise and cremated him.
He was so cold
Ah, the simile in "The Cremation of Sam McGee" is like a gentle whisper in the wind. It compares Sam McGee's frozen body to a side of frozen meat in a pan. Just like how a side of frozen meat needs to be cooked to be warm and comfortable, the poet uses this comparison to show the extreme coldness Sam McGee endured.
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