What does the word fire and ice stand for what is the general opinion regarding the earth?
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here the poet symbolises fire as desire and ice as hatred.The word fire stands for desire.in the poem,it indicates all types of greed and lust.in today's world,mankind's greed is endangering the very existence of the world.the word ice in the poem indicates hatred and indifference which is as cold as ice.world is transitory,nothing is perennial in this universe.we should not forget this supreme reality and keep ourselves above all selfish matters.the message that the poet is trying to give is that nothing in this world is eternal.
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according to the poet fire stands for desire and ice stands for the hatered all over the world.
the general opinion regarding the world is fire is more destructing than ice but if the world have to die twice than ice is sufficient to destroy it