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Robert Frost (1874 - 1963 / San Francisco / USA)
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Early years Robert Frost was born in San Francisco, California, to journalist William Prescott Frost, Jr., and Isabelle Moodie. His mother was of S .. more >>
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Fire and Ice

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  Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

Robert Frost


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  Kayrald Meyers  (2/2/2010 3:13:00 AM)

very nice poem, it is one of my favorites....^^
  Fuxtwilovers Fuxemhard  (1/29/2010 10:40:00 PM)

@Rachel Parenteau

I used to like this poem........ I used to like Robert Frost.... I EVEN USED TO LIKE LIFE....

But thanks twilovers... thanks...
This newfags are the cancer that are killing /b/...
(o wait wrong site)
still, fuck twilovers, fuck them hard.
  Robert Fernandes  (1/26/2010 1:04:00 AM)

Simple thought yet fantastic! There is hatred around, enough to destroy life on earth. Enoyed the poem. Ciao
  Len Hamo  (1/8/2010 8:55:00 AM)

one of my favourites.
  Rachel Parenteau  (12/30/2009 3:00:00 PM)

I love this poem not only because its written in the begining on my favorite book of all time(Eclipse) but because it has a lote of truth. I am 16 years old and am aspiring to be an author. This poem made me look into poetry acctually. Especially to know Stephanie Meyer loves the poem makes me automaticaly love it.
  John Dover  (12/29/2009 12:50:00 AM)

@Jesse Rudolph - You might as well say McDonald's is as biblical as this poem. Fresh hamburgers are hot and temporary, like God's fury. Old hamburgers are cold and have to be there for a while. Like the flood.

Quit seeing Jesus in your breakfast cereal kid. They're just cheerios.
  Jesse Rudolph  (12/15/2009 8:56:00 AM)

This poem is not only poetic, and true. It is biblical, and also scientific. When god used fire in the bible. Like sodom and gamora, it was out of brief anger. It burned, but in its wake, there was more. Everytime god used water (since he never used ice really) , it made PERMANENT change. It was long plotted, and its outcome was drastic. Fire burns, but in its wake is fertility and new beginnings. When Ice or water cause destruction, it takes a long time for progress to take new root in the aftermath.

There of course is also an emotional side to frosts comparision of fire and ice. Fire... like anger, or lust, or any sort of heightened emotion causes damage where there was no fire before. Fire is impetuous and selfish, but it is still motivated by love and desire. Ice, on the otherhand, is a motivated LACK of those things, and it doesn't really require change, just a sesation. Ice wants to halt progress, and emotion, and therefore by frost's comparison, and plain old common sense, it is the atithesis of good, and progress. It doesn't just want to alter the world, it wants to stop it from turning.
  Rini Ponnamma  (12/7/2009 9:08:00 AM)

beautiful poem i love the depth of the lyrics, it touched my heart
  Cynthia Buhain-baello  (12/4/2009 4:52:00 AM)

Great depth. flawless texture, perfect rhyme, and genuine impact.

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