FIRE AND ICE CLASS-10 ENGLISH

What do ‘fire’ and ‘ice’ stand for? Answer: In the poem, ‘fire’ is associated with greed, cruelty, and lust, whereas ‘ice’ is associated with rigidity, hatred, coldness, and indifference. When was the poem first published? Answer: The poem ‘Fire and Ice’ was first published in Harper Magazine in December 1920. It was later collected by the poet in New Hampshire, a collection of his verses. What do you think would be enough to destroy the world? Can fire and ice contribute to it? Answer: Our desires and hatred would be enough to destroy the world. According to the poet, ‘fire’ represents ‘desire’ and ‘ice’ represents ‘hatred’. Desires like fire spread rapidly and engulf one’s whole life. Similarly, ‘hatred’ fills life with poison. According to the poet, what do ‘fire’ and ‘ice’ represent? Do you agree with him? Answer: According to the poet, ‘fire’ represents desire and ‘ice’ represents hatred. I do agree with the poet. Desires like fire spread rapidly and engulf one’s whole life. Similarly, ‘hatred’ fills the whole life with poison. It makes one hard-hearted and cruel. How will the world end twice? Answer: The poet says that both fire and ice are destructive. Here, fire stands for the heat of desire and ice stands for hatred. He thinks that our violent desires will end the world. If it survives, it will be ruined by hatred. How does the poem depict the two contrasting ideas— ‘Fire’ and ‘Ice’? Can hatred destroy us and the world? Explain in detail. Answer: (i) In this poem, Robert Frost refers to two contrasting ideas—Fire and Ice as predictions of how the world will end. According to him, some people say that the world will end in a fire, while some say that this will end in ice. The poet equates desire with fire and hatred with ice. Both the desire and hatred are growing with such a rapid speed that the world will come to an end either of the ways. (ii) Yes, hatred can destroy us and the world. Intolerance in behaviour creates hatred that leads to fury and cruelty. One becomes hard-hearted and insensitive to the feelings of others. Love, brotherhood, tolerance, peace, contentment, sensitivity, benevolence, generosity among people can make this world a better place to live in. What deep meaning does the poem ‘Fire and Ice’ carry in it? Ans. The poet has compared fire to the dark side of humanity i.e., hatredness and lust. According to the poet lust is a greater evil. Desire or lust is the cause of war. Hatredness is also harmful. So the poem ‘Fire and Ice’ represents the two evils hatredness and lust which lead to the destruction of the world. According to the poet fire stands for desire, greed and avarice. The more you try to satisfy them, the more they grow. There is no end to it. They spread rapidly like fire and ruin your whole life. On the other hand, ‘ice’ according to the poet, stands for hatred, coldness and rigidity. One becomes insensitive and indifferent towards the feelings of others. One becomes selfish and sometimes cruel also. The poet says that both fire and ice are growing with such a rapid speed that the world would soon perish either way, in fire or in ice.

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