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Fire and Ice Analysis
Author: Poetry of Robert Lee Frost Type: Poetry Views: 3844
Some say the world will end in fire;
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
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Fire & Ice
Robert Frost would rather see the world--and humanity--die for a cause, rather then cold indifference. He believes that if we were to perish, we should fight, and perish for a purpose. Fire represents fierce emotions, yet mainly passion & desire. If the world were to end because of hate & indifference, it means we gave up long ago, and chose not fight. For mankind, he would hope that love of all life is, would overcome hate, and that we should fight before going down without a struggle.
| Posted on 2008-07-04 | by a guest
Fire & Ice
Robert Frost would rather see the world--and humanity--die for a cause, rather then cold indifference. He believes that if we were to perish, we should fight, and perish for a purpose. Fire represents fierce emotions, yet mainly passion & desire. If the world were to end because of hate & indifference, it means we gave up long ago, and chose not fight. For mankind, he would hope that love of all life is, would overcome hate, and that we should fight before going down without a struggle.
| Posted on 2008-07-04 | by a guest
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My take:
He would rather see humanity end in "fire" which is linked to strong human emotions such as desire and passion. If humanity ended this way, it would have at least ended with purpose and cause, even if not necessarily the right cause.
"Ice" is compared to hate, indifference and coldness. Frost has seen enough of these human emotions to know that they are in fact destructive, but ultimately less desirable and in the end purposeless.
But who really knows besides Frost himself...
| Posted on 2008-04-21 | by a guest
My take:
He would rather see humanity end in "fire" which is linked to strong human emotions such as desire and passion. If humanity ended this way, it would have at least ended with purpose and cause, even if not necessarily the right cause.
"Ice" is compared to hate, indifference and coldness. Frost has seen enough of these human emotions to know that they are in fact destructive, but ultimately less desirable and in the end purposeless.
But who really knows besides Frost himself...
| Posted on 2008-04-21 | by a guest
.: Fire or Ice? :.
the world will end someday, but will it be destroyed by fire or ice? fire obviously stands for desire, passion, strong emotions, and he'd rather see the world ending with those strong emotions, which can be good, or even bad. but if he had a chance to live again, he thinks, that it is enough hatred (ice) in this world, to destroy it. so in conclusion, he hopes, that the world will end in fire rather than ice, but he doesn't really know for sure, what will it take to end the world.
| Posted on 2007-09-24 | by a guest
the world will end someday, but will it be destroyed by fire or ice? fire obviously stands for desire, passion, strong emotions, and he'd rather see the world ending with those strong emotions, which can be good, or even bad. but if he had a chance to live again, he thinks, that it is enough hatred (ice) in this world, to destroy it. so in conclusion, he hopes, that the world will end in fire rather than ice, but he doesn't really know for sure, what will it take to end the world.
| Posted on 2007-09-24 | by a guest
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It doesn't really seem that way to me, he seems to be saying that both fire and ice, or desire and hate, are both destructive enough to end the world.
Or maybe he wants the world to end in fire, because it stands for passion, desire, strong emotions. But if the world were to die again, ice would also be strong enough.
However, I'm still not very sure of the link between hate and ice.
| Posted on 2006-06-23 | by Approved Guest
It doesn't really seem that way to me, he seems to be saying that both fire and ice, or desire and hate, are both destructive enough to end the world.
Or maybe he wants the world to end in fire, because it stands for passion, desire, strong emotions. But if the world were to die again, ice would also be strong enough.
However, I'm still not very sure of the link between hate and ice.
| Posted on 2006-06-23 | by Approved Guest
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This shows that Robert Frost can't make up his mind.He can't decide if he wants a world with to many bad an inpure thoughts, or a world without any.A world with hate, or a world without any feelings at all.He calims that if he lives once he would be for fire, but if he lived again, he'd be for ice.He likes the taste of desire, or so he says.It makes you stop and wonder if he's right, will the world really end in fire, or ice?If so which would you be for?I liked this mainly because of the point he's trying to get across, you can try things once, then you'll end up wishin' that you chose diffrently.
| Posted on 2004-10-20 | by camoflage
This shows that Robert Frost can't make up his mind.He can't decide if he wants a world with to many bad an inpure thoughts, or a world without any.A world with hate, or a world without any feelings at all.He calims that if he lives once he would be for fire, but if he lived again, he'd be for ice.He likes the taste of desire, or so he says.It makes you stop and wonder if he's right, will the world really end in fire, or ice?If so which would you be for?I liked this mainly because of the point he's trying to get across, you can try things once, then you'll end up wishin' that you chose diffrently.
| Posted on 2004-10-20 | by camoflage
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