Fire and Ice
... 015 October 7, 2002 Fire and Ice Robert Frost is a poet that has a remarkable and unique style of writing. ... The poem “Fire and Ice” is a very visual and highly illustrated poem to read. ... Robert Frost’s poem “Fire and Ice” is about acceptance of both love and hate in their most destructive form. “Fire and Ice” is a poem that incorporates compactness in size, new style, tone manner and form. 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. In the next two lines of the poem he sides with fire and related it to desire. ... Here in the next line Frost talks about the destructive force of ice. He compares ice to hate and this causes the reader to view hate as something that causes people to be rigid or cold. ... Fire, or passion, destroys quickly but ice, or hatred, destroys much slowly. ... “Fire and Ice” is merely an angle view of what an individual can invent in his mind of the outcome of the ultimate end. ... Frost’s choice of words for this poem is best described and explained by his usage of the words “fire” and “ice”. ... “Fire”, using this word to mean passion or love is an excellent way to twist the poem around. When we here the word “fire” we usually relate the word to hell or Satan, and I guess that it is programmed into us to take that meaning automatically. The usage of the word “ice” is this poem is also very unique. “Ice” in this poem means coldness, or frigidness. Not as complex or out there meaning from the usage of the word “fire” in this poem but it still gives a nice twist to things here. ... “Fire and Ice” is an excellent piece of writing and I would recommend it to a friend.