Question

central idea of the poem "fire and ice" ​

Answer 1

fire stands for desire which will destroy the world in the greediness of the people and ice stand for hate,which will also destroy world by creating hate from each other

Answer 2

Answer:

The poem revolves around the theme that human emotions are destructive when allowed to runn amok (out of control). They can destroy a person morally, physically or even mentally. The poet tells us about the destructive bearing of ill-feelings like- love, lust, intolerance, greed, hatred etc.

Here, in this poem the poet signifies love, passion etc. as fire and hatred, greed etc. as ice. Also, world represents a relationship of humankind.