CLASS 10
DUST OF SNOW
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Not be good enough
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Refuse
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Meet needs
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Miss
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Detailed explanation-1: -Suffice is the last word in Robert Frost’s poem “Fire and Ice.” The word suffice means that something is good enough, or adequate.
Detailed explanation-2: -To suffice is to be enough, in either quality or quantity.
Detailed explanation-3: -1. verb [no cont] If you say that something will suffice, you mean it will be enough to achieve a purpose or to fulfil a need. [formal]
Detailed explanation-4: -Meaning of the word ‘suffice’. It will be enough. In line three the poet compares desire to something you eat, using a poetic device. This is a direct comparison, no ‘as’ or ‘like’ so it is a metaphor.
Detailed explanation-5: -ANS-According to the poet, the world will end due to the ‘fire’, which symbolises desire. But if the world had to end twice then it will be due to the hatred symbolised by ‘ice’. The poet feels that there is enough hatred in the world that is spreading among the people. This hatred will end the world one day.