CLASS 10
FIRE AND ICE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Fire & Ice
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Love & hatred
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Passion & violence
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: It means from what the poet has experienced from situations where people have done to attain there their desire. Explanation: The poet symbolises desire as fire.
Detailed explanation-2: -The poet in ‘Fire and Ice’ confesses that he has ‘tasted of desire’ which means he has experienced desire and its effects. He has had many worldly desires which he compares to fire and then admits that they have a destructive quality.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the poem, desire refers to ‘fire’. It indicates all types of greed and lust. In today’s world, mankind’s greed is endangering the very existence of the planet Earth. Regards.
Detailed explanation-4: -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 suffice. Frost, Robert.
Detailed explanation-5: -The poet has tasted both the fire and the ice. He thinks that the world will end in fire. Here fire stands for the tire of desire.