Question

It is strange that the poet thinks desire and not hate, to primary reason for the destruction

Answer 1

Answer:

The poem is by Robert Frost, called “Fire and Ice”.

The poet believes that both are capable of destroying the world. It is easier to assume fire would be more destructive, but he makes an argument for ice.

Here is the poem:

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

Is also great

And would suffice.

The poet creates a ratio: Desire is to fire in what hate is to ice. He sees both emotions as capable of ending the world.

The reader is left with a dual image of destruction. Which has the capacity to end what we call the world—fire as desire or ice as hate? He poses both as equals.

It is up for the reader to decide. Me, I would go with hate over desire, so ice it is. You may come to a different conclusion.