CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Imagery: Imagery is used to make readers perceive things involving their five senses. For example, “Some say the world will end in fire” and “To say that for destruction ice, is also great”.

Detailed explanation-2: -Metaphor-The poet compares ice with hatred.

Detailed explanation-3: -e.g. “Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. “ Anaphora: It is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. e.g. “Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice.”

Detailed explanation-4: -The poem “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost is a metaphor for human perceptions of desires and hatred. The fire symbolises burning desires, while the ice, on the other hand, describes ice-cold hatred. It describes how we humans will be the end of our own race.

Detailed explanation-5: -simile ● Comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as” ● “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?” 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.