![]() This is a poem written by Robert Frost that tells about distinction between two things. In lines three and four, "From what I've tasted of desire I hold those whoįavor fire" it led me to believe that Frost was trying to use desire as a metaphor to fire. In this video you will find an in-depth explanation of Fire and Frost. To analyze the poem better I took each word as if it symbolized a certainĬharacteristic. But in the end of the poem Frost is saying the no matter which one he picks they are both going to give you the same results, death. Asking which one is better for you, a cold slow death or a hot slow death. To me this is saying you would have to choose the lesser of the two evils. I was thinking that Frost wanted to basically put a question on our minds, If you had to choose a way to die would you choose fire or ice? In lines seven through nine, "To say that destruction ice is also great and would suffice". As I read the poem further to get a deeper understanding I thought of other relations to the poem Fire and Ice. In the Bible, the book of Revelations also say that the next time that God comes to take his people that he is going to destroy the world by fire. ![]() In the first line of the poem "Some say the world will end in fire" this is where I compared the stanza to the theory. Ice being a form of water I related the two to each other. In the Bible, it is told that God destroyed Earth with water the first time he came to get his people (the story of Noah's Ark). ![]() In the second line "Some say in ice" furthered my theory. I enjoyed this poem because when I initially read it, the first thing that came to my mind was the biblical theory. This is one of Robert Frost simplest poems. This nine-line poem Robert Frost discusses the topic of Armageddon. The poem "Fire and Ice" is a poem written by Robert Frost. ![]()
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