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The world is burning in the fires of desires.Comment

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There is no reference to any text/chapter. Presuming the question is from 'Fire and Ice' by Robert Frost, the answer is as follows:

The word 'Fire' could signify the burning fire of hell, it could signify the worldly (hot) yearnings of the physical body: the fire of youth, the fire of love and desire. Man's desires have no limit and often take a hold of his thoughts and actions. These desires lead to strife. struggle and despair. They often prompt man to resort to unfair means: he also falls a prey to envy and hate in the course of achieving his desires. These negative thoughts and actions burn or destroy the very fabric of the world.

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The poet mentions that both fire and ice are probable ends of this world. While he talks about how fire represents desire and can, therefore, be a cause of the end of the world, he also mentions ice in between to symbolise that the coldness and indifference towards one another will also be enough to end the world. In the second stanza, he says that he knows of enough hate in the world to be sure that even destruction through ice would be sufficient to bring about the end of the world. Only love, equality, mutual understanding and sympathy for one and all can help in establishing peace on the earth.
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