Question

This stanza is from fire and ice class 10 Explain it: But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also get And would suffice

Answer 1

Answer:

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 language remains simple, but the devastating, soaring anticlimax of the final two lines is lost.

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Answer 2

Answer: Here the poet basically says that ice( which represents cold emotions like hate) is as dangerous as fire( emotions like desire) and is equally potent in ending humanity and destroying the world.