Explication Of Fire And Ice By Robert Frost

How will the world end? Will we all burn? Or are we all going to freeze to death? That is the question that is clearly brought up by Robert Frost in his rhetorically titled poem, “Fire and Ice”. It is a poem that seems to bring up a fictional debate that has existed throughout the history of the humankind. Frost wrote this poem with only 9 simple worded lines yet very powerful. It is deep, cruel, and it acknowledges certain kinds of truth. This poem demonstrates how two of the world’s extreme emotions can bring up equal amount of devastation. Being well known for his use of nature to coat his poems, Frost certainly made his readers ponder what “Fire and Ice” is all about. It makes the reader think he was trying to tell us how cruel nature is
In the end, life on earth as we know it, as suggested by Frost will eventually end. It is inevitable. Regardless of its course taken, whether it would be through desire or hate, the end result is similarly terrifying.
Frost starts off the poem by introducing two fluid groups of people who believes in two different ways the world could end by stating, “Some say the world will end in fire/ Some say in ice.” (Frost.1-2). At first, this line makes the reader think what he really means. From a scientific standpoint, these two elements have infinite possibilities of ending the world. For example, our own sun, one of the 100 billion stars in our galaxy follows a life cycle just like everything else. Scientist believes that our sun is in the middle of its life and 6 billion years from now the sun will enter its red giant phase. Its core will be very unstable; it will get so hot, and will grow in size potentially swallowing all the planets nearby including Earth. Fire could also end the world if space debris, asteroids,
Since the beginning of time, fire has always been associated with passion, love, yearning, and craving. It is a defined as “strongly wanting something” and when taken to the extreme, this trait can quickly consume a person or a relationship that can lead to its demise. Think about those people who have very strong desire for power and dominate the world like the Nazi’s, which caused many innocent lives. Desire can be so threatening when it becomes selfish and petty. Also consider the typical life here in America where everyone has extreme desire to possess the best things, like the nicest television, nicest house, and cars. While it does not directly cause physical harm, it can lead to the destruction of oneself, relationships, and marriages. When desires become egocentric, hate is just as powerful and destructive. Consider racism, an issue that which is one of the main reasons why people kill each