Question

What does the poet symbolize with ‘fire and ice’ in his poem?
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Answer 1

In Frost's poem, “Fire and Ice,” the speaker symbolizes fire as desire or love, and ice is symbolized to be destruction and hate. Another way to symbolize ice in this poem is coldness. Frost immediately connects fire with desire because of its perfect rhyme. ... Frost makes a point that they both can do the same damage.