Fire and Ice
Robert Frost
Introduction
Robert Frost was an American poet. he was born in 1874 in San Francisco USA full stop his parents were school teachers in New England. by chance, his father gave up his teaching and became an editor of some paper. during the age of 19, Frost started writing. He never graduated from any college but was granted honorary degrees from the 28 Universities.his poetry is marked with irony humanity nature and simplicity. in this poem the poet views that the world will perish. nothing is permanent. all are born to die one day. this is the real truth. It gives the message of the universality of life.
Summary
The ends of the world:-- Robert Frost wants to avail the humanity that everything is perishable. even the world will perish one day since it is inevitable. death will come. it will spare none. according to him, people say that the world will end either in fire or ice. he holds his view with those people who agree that the world will end in fire.
Destruction through the ice:-- The poet is much troubled and amazed in case it had to die twice. he is fully aware of how the hatred brings destruction to the nation. it creates trouble and ill-will. the destruction through ice is also colossal like hatred. as the ice cubes on melting, in the same way, the seeds of hatred go on bringing ruin to the society. it is much enough for ruin. so we should shun hatred, avarice, and coldness.
हिंदी सारांश
संसार का अंत:-- रॉबर्ट फ्रॉस्ट मानवता को जलाना चाहता है की हर वस्तु नाशवान है। 1 दिन संसार भी नष्ट हो जाएगा क्योंकि यह अवश्यमेंव् है|मृत्यु आएगी यह किसी को भी शेष नहीं छोड़ेगी। कवि के अनुसार लोग कहते हैं कि संसार का अंत या तो अग्नि तथा बर्फ करेगी उसका विचार उन लोगों के साथ है जो कहते हैं कि संसार अग्नि में समाप्त होगा |
बस द्वारा विनाश:- कवि अत्यंत ही दुखी एवं हैरान है कि क्या संसार का विनाश दो बार होगा। उसे इस बात की जानकारी है कि किस प्रकार घृणा राष्ट्र के लिए विनाश का कारण बनती है। यह कठिनाई तथा दुर्भावना पैदा करती है। बस के द्वारा भी घृणा की भांति गहन विनाश है। जिस भांति वर्ष पिघलती रहती है उसी प्रकार घृणा के बीच समाज को बर्बाद करते रहते हैं। यह विनाश के लिए काफी है| अतः हमें घृणा लालच और रूखापन से दूर रहना चाहिए|
Poetic Devices
Rhyme: - Aba abc bcb
Assonance: - Example-
The long sound of “o” in “I hold with those who favour fire”
Alliteration: -Example-
The sound of “f” in “favour fire”, “w” in “world will”
Imagery: -Example- “Some say the world will end in fire”
“To say that for destruction ice Is also great”
Anaphora: -Example
- “Some say” is repeated at the start of lines 1 and 2.
Personification:
- In this poem, “fire” and “ice” are capable of destruction. Thus, the poet
personifies fire and ice by giving them the mind and power to destroy anything.
Enjambment: -Example- “From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire”
Stanza 1
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.
Question:
1. What do people think of the world?
2. Which opinion does the poet favor?
3. What is your opinion about the world?
Answers :
1. People think that the world will end in fire or ice.
2. The poet favors the opinion that word will end in fire.
3., In my opinion, the word is bound to and one day due to the ill will spread among people.
Stanza 2
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Play is also great
And would suffice.
Questions :
1. What does ice symbolize?
2. what is the central idea of the stanza?
3. what would ice suffice for?
Answers :
1. Ice symbolizes hatred.
2. The central idea of the change is that hatred can destroy the world.
3. Ice would suffice for the end of the world.
Textbook questions
Q1. There are many ideas about how the world will end. do you think that the world will end someday? have you ever thought that what would happen if the sun got so hot that it burst, or Grew colder and colder?
Ans. Yes, I think that the world will end someday. one of the ideas is global warming. if the sun gets so hot that it burst, it will burn everything on the earth. on the other hand, if it grows colder and colder, it will freeze everything and the world will Perish.
Q2. For Frost, What do ‘fire’ and ‘ ice’ stand for? here are some ideas:
Greed, avarice, cruelty, lust, conflict, Fury, intolerance, rigidity, insensitivity, Coldness, Indifference, hatred
Ans. for Frost, fire stands for greed, avarice, and lust. the more one thing to satisfy them the more they grow. the ice stands for insensitivity, hatred, coldness, rigidity, cruelty, conflict, Fury, intolerance, and Indifference.
Q3. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? how does it help in bringing out the contrasting ideas in the poem?
Ans. the rhyme scheme of the poem Is is abaa, Ababa. the whole poem presents two contrasting ideas: ‘Fire’ That is symbolical for Desire, And ‘ ice ‘ that is symbolical for hatred. lines with ‘a’ stand for fire, and with’ b’ for eyes
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