what do fire in Ice represent in the poem why does the poet say i've taste the Desire

Dear Student,
In the poem, the poet compares human's behaviour and destructive emotions with fire and ice. He says that a disastrous end of the world is certain and it will be only due to the ruinous activities of the human beings. He compares the unending fatal desires of human beings with fire. He compares the feeling of hatred with ice which lies. He says that the world will either end by fire or ice.

In the beginning of the poem, the poet says that fire might be the reason of the end as he has experienced the extent of fiery desires filled within the human beings, which will definitely be the cause of a catastrophic end.

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