Robert Frost Fire and Ice - short lecture

i fail to see how Ice could cause the end of the world unless he actually meant mankind. Neither an ice age, nuclear, volcanic and astoroid is likely to result in the end of the world. Mankind may die but the planet would recover, maybe even life of some kind would find a way back. Fire on the otherhand, via the sun going supernova is a possibility, but more than likely long after mankind has gone extinct anyway.
Desire/Hate is there a difference? Hand in hand!

This is not about the end of the world. Its about how you should live your life. Live it full of passion and energy.

I really enjoyed this video. Robert Frost was such a talented poet and Fire and Ice is one of my favorite poems.

Poems rules!

God this poem is beautiful and yet so simple!  Frost was profound.

Robert Frost plainly states in the poem fire is desire and ice is hate. When you take a closer look I believe that anyone with a brain can see it is his own personal preference to desire that he is talking about but if he had to do it a second time hate would suffice. It's actually quite literal...

i still dont really get the poem.. :(
i dont understand the symbolic meaning for ice. and why is it sufficient enough rather than fire..
(sorry if you dont get what im trying to say)
english/literature has always been my worst subject mainly because of poems..

The poem says that fire (passion) is more likely to destroy the world, but hatred/indifference (ice) would do just as well if the world could be destroyed a second time.

The poem is about personal human failures and relationships that could result in the downfall of the human race.

beautiful , great comments

beautiful comments