CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. I hold with those who favor fire.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: Robert frost, The poet says that either the world would end in Fire which is Desire or the world would end in Ice which stands for Hatred. However, the poet is more sure about the world ending in ice as hatred tends to be dominating over desire.

Detailed explanation-3: -By Robert Frost 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 su ce.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the poem, the poet suggests that the world will end either by ‘fire’ or ‘ice. ‘ The term ‘fire’ and ‘ice’, in the poem, symbolizes ‘desires’ and ‘hatred’ respectively. Some people say that the world will end in ‘ice’ because the world is full of hatred. And this emotion contains the power to destroy the world.

Detailed explanation-5: -The lines are taken from one of Frost’s early poems, Fire and Ice where the poet considers the age-old question of whether the world will end in fire or in ice. This is similar to another age-old question: whether it would be preferable to freeze to death or burn to death.