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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 .........
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Robert Frost
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Lawlpewpew Pewpew
(4/14/2008 4:00:00 PM) |
Fire and Ice are two elements which can be considered as opposed. In this poem these 2 elements are symbolic (you can also see it as personification If you are open minded)
fire represents desire, lust
ice represent hate
These feelings are obviously opposed.
The right question was posed by Maddi S.
-Which will cause man downfall?
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Coll B. Lue
(3/10/2008 11:53:00 AM) |
Robert Frost as always very inspiring. A touch of the Armegeddon and very thought provoking!
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Ellen wu
(3/7/2008 10:10:00 PM) |
excause me, what does 'would suffice' mean?
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Sita Madu-Wynn
(1/21/2008 8:55:00 AM) |
Triple rhymed, Great imagination....Well penned!
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Maddi S
(1/19/2008 6:25:00 PM) |
I agree with Andrea, and actually, Dorian, *you* are quite the idiot.
Poetry is never that literal.
Even Frost knows that.
The way he phrases it is obviously metaphorical/symbolic, whatever you wanna call it.
Desire and hate are equally destructive. which will cause man's downfall first? that's the question here.
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Chaz Adams
(1/11/2008 7:43:00 PM) |
i think this poem is amazing, it really got to me
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Dorian Blaze
(1/2/2008 6:55:00 PM) |
Idiots, it refers to how the world will end. Not a single life, not a moment, the world.
Two things guarantee the world's end, the sun's total luminosity rising beyond the point of sustaining life (fire) , and the internal cooling of the earth resulting in loss of atmosphere (ice) .
he is likening emotions to physical sensation and environment, knowing full well he won't be experiencing the end of the world personally.
Saying 'It's a metaphor' does not contribute a thing, he gets across the black humour of which way he believes would be most pleasing to experience in the event of the end of the world.
As opposed to general quasi-philosophical filler poems, this piece picks a topic, and puts forth reason and emotion. Learn from it.
-Dorian Blaze
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Jason Weir
(12/2/2007 5:30:00 AM) |
This is what the poem means to me:
Fire and Ice in the poem are symbolic, with Fire representing desire or lust, and Ice representing hate or apathy; with Fire and Ice being as opposite to each other as desire and lust are to hate and apathy.
Frost is communicating the point that that both extremes are very strong, have the potential to dominate our actions, and that both have the capacity to become destructive.
Frost is trying to say that although hate is usually seen as the very negative one, while lust and desire are often not seen as negative and are often confused with love, when Frost ends the poem by unifying the two opposites, he is not only telling us that they are very much connected, he is telling us that they are both negative things; in effect, he is preaching being moderate and rational, even when it is tempting to take extreme positions;
Both irrational extremes bring destruction.
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Chloe Acosta
(11/25/2007 3:50:00 PM) |
Fire and Ice are not metaphors they are symbols.
Fire representing desire and Ice, of course, hate.
I favor Ice.
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