Fire_And_Ice_By_Frost

Fire And Ice By Frost “Fire and Ice” In Robert Frost’s poem “Fire and Ice” the main theme is the final destruction of the earth. Many people speculate how the world will come to an end. Frost compares the destructive forces of fire and ice and gives the reader insight into Frost’s own experiences and thoughts of entire destruction. At the very beginning of the poem, Frost literally offers two possibilities for the end of the world. “Some say the world will end in fire, / Some say in ice.” (l. 1-2). People have wondered for years as to how the world will be destroyed. Most believe the Bible that the world will end in fire. Others favor the view of another Ice Age caused from a meteor hitting earth. Beyond the literal reference, Frost also leads the reader to observe the downfall of mankind. In the next two lines Frost tells the reader what he has experienced. He concurs with “those who favor fire” (l. 4). Frost relates the detrimental fire to desire. He believes that desire will ultimately bring about the end. This relation suggests that desire, or lust, greed and want, fire, ice, frost, world, hate, desire, end, one’s, two, say, reader, one, hatred, downfall, destruction, bring, about, very, throughout, relation, relates, poem, people, next, must, might, great, frost’s, forces, favor, entire, enough, earth, die, destroyed