Fire And Ice

1. Written By Robert Frost

1.1. A romantic poet

2. Theme-If we don't control our actions and emotions,one day it is going to lead us our doom.

2.1. Tone-Serious

3. Fire (Symbolism)

3.1. Desire

3.2. Greed

3.3. Selifishness

3.4. Anger/Rage

4. Ice (Symbolism)

4.1. Hatred

4.2. Indifference

4.3. Envy

4.4. Intolerance

5. Poetic Devices

5.1. Symbolism/Personfication

5.1.1. Fire (Quick End)

5.1.2. Ice (Slow Poison)

5.2. Rhyme Scheme

5.2.1. 1st Stanza-abaa

5.2.2. 2nd Stanza-bcbcb

5.3. Alliteration

5.3.1. World will

5.3.2. Favour fire

5.4. Anaphora

5.4.1. "Some Say" in 1st and 2nd line

5.5. Enjambment

5.5.1. Both the stanzas are an example of enjambment since the idea continues onto the next line without any punctuation marks.

5.6. Assonance

5.6.1. Sound of "o" in hold with those

6. The poet says that he supports the people who believe that the world will end in fire but if had to perish twice ice can cause equally destructive.