In
his poem “Fire and Ice” Robert Frost compares and contrasts the two destructive
forces: fire and ice. In the first two lines of the poem he presents two
options for the end of the world: an end by fire or by ice. He takes the
position of fire in the next two lines and relates fire to desire. This
comparison suggests that Frost views desire as something that consumes and
destroys. Desire does indeed have a way of consuming those it infects. However,
in the next stanza Frost makes the case for the destructive force of ice. He
compares ice to hate. This comparison relates to the reader a view of hate as
something that causes people to be rigid, unmoving and cold. Also, ice has a
tendency to encompass things and cause them to crack and break.
(This
is only the first paragraph of his analysis)
Robert Frost (1874 - 1963 / San Francisco / USA)
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Fire and Ice
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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. Robert Frost
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Figure
of Speech: Meiosis
Example:
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.
Analysis:
The entire poem's understatement is emphasized with its last word, suffice,
which means to be adequate. The destruction of the world, however, would take
more than an adequate disaster.
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