Question

Q1. Read the extract and answer the questions given below:


“Some say the world will end ....those who favour fire”

a) What do “fire” and “Ice” stand for?

b) Who is ‘I’ in the given stanza?

c) Why does he believe that the earth will end in fire?

d) What are the literary devices used in the stanza?


Class 10 CBSE: English= Fire and Ice ​

Answer 1

Answer:

According to Frost, 'fire' stands for greed, conflict, fury, cruelty, lust and avarice whereas 'Ice' stands for insensitivity, coldness, intolerance, indifference, rigidity and hatred.

Answer 2

Answer:

Some says that the world will end in fire. The poet says that he is in favour of those people who say that the world will end in fire. This is because he has seen the effect and result of uncontrolled and unending desires over the life of human beings.

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