The poem fire and ice is a highly symbolic poem.Present your views about the contrasting ideas depicted by the poet Robert Frost also write the sum and substance of the poem.(Word limit is 150-200 words)

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The poem actually describes about an imaginary debate between people who say that the world will end in fire and people who say it will end in ice. The poet could be talking about the literal end of the world, but he also talks about the power that human beings has to harm or "destroy" one another. The speaker's experience with romantic desire has taught him that the passionate or "hot" emotions like love and lust would have the power to turn the earth into a very big fireball. But he is a person who has also experienced the other extreme, and he definitely knows that the colder emotions like hate has a very great destructive power. Love gets all the exposure, but hate is the silent killer. It may not have the same magnificence as the fireball ending, but it'll do the trick.

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as in poem fire and ice poet Robert frost says that fire is related to anger and ice is related to hate rate he supports those who fever fire and if he will able to die again he would choose ice for destruction second time because he will enough to know about fire.

 
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Fire and Ice Summary

Robert Frost?s poem ?Fire and Ice? is a strong symbolic poem where fire is used as the emotion of desire and ice, that of hatred. He has used the idea of two groups who have their own possible explanation for the end of the world. One is of the opinion that fire alone, can destroy each and every possibility of life on Earth while the other thinks that if ice as a result of extreme low temperatures could cover the earth?s surface, it would lead to the end of the world. Both the components are compared with self-destructing human emotions: desire and hatred. The poet is originally of the opinion that he has been very closely associated with the ?fiery desires? and considers it capable of bringing human beings on the verge of destruction. Thus, he considers fire as more competent for destruction. But then he thinks that ?icy hatred? is just as capable of ruining humans, though slowly and steadily. Therefore, if Earth was to end twice, ice would be just as good as fire. If fire would lead to rapid destruction, ice would lead to silent damage. Similarly, if fire is pure passion, ice is pure reason. Thus, the poem, very artistically, underpins the philosophy that we let our emotions rule us and if don?t control them they will surely bring us all on the verge of chaos.
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