I have always loved the poem Fire and Ice by Robert Frost. I am particularly fond of poems that rhyme but are also intruiging and interesting. This poem is short and simple but it can be analyzed and it can be interpreted many ways. This poem talks about the conflict between passion and emotion and hatred and cruelty. I feel like this peom contains a debate in its few lines. This poem has a nice ring to it and it is easy to read. The words are simple yet the ways the poem can be interpreted are not.
Fire and Ice
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
6 comments:
This is a great poem. I usually have a hard time understanding poetry, however with this poem I was able to understand it and that made me feel great. Thanks for sharing it.
This is a lovely poem. I agree with what you said about how words to poems can be so simple yet interpreted in so many different ways. That is what is so great about writing because it can be personal to individuals.
I really like this poem also, it has spiritual connotation about the end of the world but to the untrained mind it just seem like much of a poem. I also love that it has dual meaning, it keeps you thinking about possible meanings.
I feel like a dork cause I'm not sure that I caught the same symbolism that everyone else seems to have understood. One thing I got out of it is that it doesn't matter how the world ends, and that we shouldn't argue over it. It can also be related to all other stupid quarrels that go on in daily life, that really have no purpose.
I think poetry is something we all wish we could write well. Robert Frost has written tons of cool poems. This one is interesting to me because he is stating his thoughts but leaves it very open to interpretation beyond the words that are written.
This poem is the only poem that I actually remember word for word from my Junior High years. I love the work of Robert Frost.
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