First of all, Robert Frost began his life in San Francisco, California on March 26, 1874 …show more content…
He is talking to the people who have strong emotions like desire and hate. In this dramatic poem, he uses alliteration in line four which says, “I hold with those who favor fire” (Frost 1923). The poem has many rhymes, such as in lines one and three (Shmoop Editorial Team 2008). It says, “Some say the world will end in fire, from what I’ve tasted of desire”(Frost 1923). Another example of rhyme is in lines five and seven where it says, “But if it had to perish twice, to say that for destruction ice”(Frost 1923). He also uses symbolism, which is something that means more than its literal meaning. For example, the fire in this poem represents desire and the ice represents hate (Shmoop Editorial Team 2008). Frost uses enjambment, which is where one line runs onto another line, in lines one and two to show the disagreement between the fire and ice (Frost, Asked by Ja V I #604291 Answered byAslanon 1/29/2017 7:20 AM, #604291, Asked by Ja V I #604291 Answered byAslanon 1/29/2017 7:19 AM, & Asked by Ja V I #604291 Answered byAslanon 1/29/2017 7:15 AM). The whole entire poem is a metaphor (Shmoop Editorial Team 2008). Robert Frost uses fire and ice to describe emotions and human behavior. When he tells us that if we act on certain emotions and that they can be destructive, we should take his advice. “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words” (Editors of Brainy Quotes). To …show more content…
Because of his childhood, he never would have found his love of reading and writing poetry (Editors of Poets.org). Also, if he never found and married his wife, he never would have found inspiration and the innovation it takes to write poetry (Editors of Poets.org). His poetry is so unique and interesting that there isn’t a single word to describe it. “Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired”, by Robert Frost (Editors of Brainy