CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -How will the world perish twice? Answer: 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’.

Detailed explanation-2: -Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. I hold with those who favor fire.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: The poet sides with those who believe that the world will be destroyed by the fire. ‘Fire’ is a symbol of desire. The poet has already experienced the desire. On the basis of his experience, he knows that excessive desire will destroy the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -The two ideas mentioned are that the world will end in fire or in ice. Though the poet thinks both are great for destruction, yet he seems to favour the idea of the destruction of the world in a fire a little more than in ice.

Detailed explanation-5: -The poet says that he is in favour of those people who say this world will end in fire. This is because he has seen the effect and result of uncontrolled and unending desires over the life of human beings. He finds that human evil desires are similar to the fire in its nature.