Fire and Ice Poem PDF
Document Details
Uploaded by Deleted User
Robert Frost
Tags
Summary
This is a poem analysis of Robert Frost's "Fire and Ice". It explores the contrasting ideas of fire and ice, and their possible interpretations. The document includes discussion questions regarding the poem's meaning, and the analysis. The poem explores themes of desire, hate, and destruction.
Full Transcript
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...
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. ROBERT FROST perish: die suffice: be sufficient 1. There are many ideas about how the world will ‘end’. Do you think the world will end some day? Have you ever thought what would happen if the sun got so hot that it ‘burst’, or grew colder and colder? 2. For Frost, what do ‘fire’ and ‘ice’ stand for? Here are some ideas: greed avarice cruelty lust conflict fury intolerance rigidity insensitivity coldness indifference hatred 3. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? How does it help in bringing out the contrasting ideas in the poem?
