Please Help Me!! What does the phrase fierce artificer refer to in this stanza?

the roof, tree, and door covered in snow

the cold wind of the storm coming from the north

the owner of the home featured in the poem

a lone man trying to make his way through a storm

Delegates: representatives who cast votes at a political party's national convention. binding: if a primary or caucus is “binding” that means the delegates won in that contest are legally bound to vote for a particular candidate at the parties national convention.a primary is a preliminary election used to determine a party's nominee for a specific office. the winner of the party's caucus, or primary, wins the party nomination for that state. then the delegates meet at their party's national party convention, which is a formal gathering of all party delegates from all states.