Question

1. 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.
(a) What is the poet’s opinion of the world in these lines?
(b) What is the poet’s opinion about the world?
(c) What is the contradictory opinion of public?
(d) How are ice and fire similar to each other though they have contradictory traits?

Answer 1

answer

a) according to the poet world will end in fire or in ice

b)According to the poet, the world will end due to the 'fire', which symbolises desire. But if the world had to end twice then it will be due to the hatred symbolised by 'ice'. The poet feels that there is enough hatred in the world that is spreading among the people....

c)whether world will end in fire or in ice

d)'ice' symbolizes hatred and 'fire symbolizes desire of human beings. The poet Robert Frost believes that, though fire and ice have contradictory traits but they have the same quality to destroy everything on this earth