At the beginning of the poem, the speaker feels distressed because she realizes her house is burning down.
However, as the poem progresses, she reflects on the fact that everything is God's and that he is taking what was originaly his.
Finally, she reaches the conclusion that she is happy with what she has and that she does not need more wealth, since her hopes and treasures are in heaven.
Only reluctantly does he allow Eurycleia to wash his feet. As she is putting them in a basin of water, she notices a scar on one of his feet. She immediately recognizes it as the scar that Odysseus received when he went boar hunting with his grandfather Autolycus.
