Question

Fire and ice is essentially a metaphorial peom. How

Answer 1

Answer:

Line 3: "From what I’ve tasted of desire"

Though the poem presents "fire" and "ice" as dynamic metaphors for "desire" and "hate," in the third line we see a very simple implied metaphor: to taste desire. By suggesting desire is something that can be tasted, Frost compares desire to food: something concrete, flavorful, and nourishing. In so doing, he reveals more about desire: that desire, like food, is necessary for sustenance. This heightens the ironic paradox of the poem: the thing that nourishes is the same thing that will destroy us