CBSE Class 10 - English Literature - Poem - Fire and Ice (Summary and Questions and Answers)
Summary:
‘Fire and Ice’ is a short poem by Robert Frost. In this poem, the poet says that people knit two croaking notions about the destruction of the world. Some say it will end in fire while others say it will end in ice. According to the poet experience about human desire, he mentions that the ‘fire’ stands for desire, greed, avarice or lust. The more you try to satisfy them, the more they grow. There is no end to it. They spread rapidly like fire and engulf your whole life. One becomes selfish and sometimes cruel also. On the other hand, ‘ice’ according to the poet, stands for hatred, coldness and rigidity. One becomes insensitive and indifferent towards the feelings of others. The poet says that both fire and ice are growing with such a rapid speed that the world will soon perish either way, in fire or in ice. The poem, very artistically, underpins the philosophy that if we don’t control our emotions and let them rule us then they would bring the world to a catastrophic end.
