Hate and desires like anger, greed and violence – if allowed unchecked – can spread quickly leading to global wars and possibly extinction. Through the symbols of fire (desires) and ice (hatred), Frost comments on humankind’s capability to end the world.However, if the world has to end twice, then ice, that is, hate will also be enough.From personal experience, Frost knows that fire, that is, human desire, has the power to destroy the world.Some people think fire will end the world others think it will be ice.The ‘ice’ means the freezing of the earth due to extremely low temperature. If we take the literal meanings then the world would end due to fiery temperature, volcanic eruptions and the likes which would raise the temperature of in the atmosphere. The other opinion is that the world would end due to ‘ice’ which represents ‘hatred’ of the people. One is that the world would end due to ‘fire’ which represents the never ever satiated ‘desires’ of human beings. The Cental Idea of the poem of the poem rests on the fact that the world would end and two opinions about the end of the world. By debating the merits of each argument in a conversational tone, Frost subtly critiques humankind’s destructive nature. In the poem ‘Fire and Ice’, Frost explores two different ways in which the world might end. Fire and Ice Explanation in Hindi About the Poem
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