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Fire and Ice. By Robert Frost. 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 say that for destruction ice.
In a modern sense, “fire” and “ice” could well be stand-ins for “nuclear disaster” and “climate change.” Frost’s use of “fire” and “ice,” however, is largely a metaphoric decision that opens the poem up to different kinds of interpretation.
"Fire and Ice" is a popular poem by American poet Robert Frost (1874-1963). It was written and published in 1920, shortly after WWI, and weighs up the probability of two differing apocalyptic scenarios represented by the elements of the poem's title.
A reading of "Fire and Ice" "Fire and Ice" is a short poem by Robert Frost that discusses the end of the world, likening the elemental force of fire with the emotion of desire, and ice with hate. It was first published in December 1920 in Harper's Magazine and was later published in Frost's 1923 Pulitzer Prize-winning book New Hampshire.
Dec 1, 2019 · ‘Fire and Ice’ is one of the best-known and most widely anthologised poems by the American poet Robert Frost (1874-1963). The poem has a symbolic, even allegorical quality to it, which makes more sense when it is analysed in its literary and historical context.
First printed in Harper's Magazine, December 1920. Fire and Ice - Some say the world will end in fire.
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Meanings of Fire and Ice. Comprising total of nine verses, this short poem presents the gloomy end of the world through fire or ice or in other words alternative human passions, desire and hate. Frost has given the balanced position of both elements to give his final decision about the end.
Robert Frost’s wry take on the apocalypse, “Fire and Ice,” was first published in December 1920 in Harper’s and in 1923 in his Pulitzer-prize winning book New Hampshire. It features Frost’s...
An extremely compact little lyric, “Fire and Ice” combines humor, fury, detachment, forthrightness, and reserve in an airtight package. Not a syllable is wasted. The aim is aphorism—the slaying of the elusive Truth-beast with one unerring stroke.
