What do you think of it? What does it mean? Which word or word combination is most powerful?
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FIRE AND ICE
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
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This poem is very short, but extreamly powerfull.
ReplyDeleteI think this poem means to say that the world is going to perish in one of two ways; fire or ice. Fire representing desire and Ice representing hate.
Frost feels that desire will happen first and if fire dosn't succeed then hate will be the end of humankind.
"But if it had to perish twice" I feel is the most powerful line in the poem because it shows that if one element won't succeed then another one will.
Robert Frost is one of my favorite poets of all time. he can take the most simple terms and make them so much more meaningful. I agree with Lauren's comment.
ReplyDeleteThe fire and ice represents two ways people act toward each other. the fire is hatred and ice is isolation and being cold hearted. Basically how the world will destroy itself by absolute anarchy- fire
ReplyDeleteand the ice is the world will destroy itself by everyone not helping one another
ice and fire are opposite but hold the same end result...
ReplyDeletecoincidence maybe
i would say that the word choices of end, desire, perish, hate, destruction, great, and suffice are the most powerful. they are powerful because it gives the impression of something strong and devastating. fire and ice could represent human emotion that may lead to hate and this ultimatley will lead to the destruction of the world.
ReplyDeleteI think it has to do with the world ending. The most powerful line to me is some say the world will end in fire.
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