briefly write about the ideas about how the world will end?
(poem: fire and ice)
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In the poem, fire and ice stands for jealousy and hatre respectively. In the poem Robert Frost is saying that the feeling of jealously and hatre might became the cause for destruction of the world. Humans would lost their sense of love and care towards their society and could do anything wrong with them.
The poem explains the profound idea that the world will end in either two ways, fire or ice.One group is of the opinion that someday the earth's core will get so heated up; that it would lead to fire,destroying the earth's surface.On the other hand the second group says that if the temperature goes down to an extent, it will make life impossible on earth and will have a catastrophic effect.
The poet compares fire and ice with destructive human emotions - desire and hatred.He says that he is aware of the fiery desires and would favor the ones who believe in fire.By saying so,he brings about the idea that human beings let their emotions rule them and the consequences of unmonitored longing ----is chaos.
Then by not waving off the first opinion of fire,he considers if the world has to expire twice, ice would be equally competent in ending it.Human beings capability of insensitivity and hatred would surely excel as the potential for inner .
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