CLASS 10
FIRE AND ICE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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That the world will end because of human emotion, not natural disaster.
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That the world will end because of some fiery doomsday.
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That the world will end because of some icy doomsday.
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That the world definitely will not end.
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Detailed explanation-1: -world will be destroyed by fire. Frost connects fire with desire. According to the poet, desire is powerful and would be a quick end. Moreover, the fact that he has had personal experience with desire leads him to first conclude that the world will end in fire.
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: -According to the poet, the world will end due to the ‘fire’, which symbolises desire. So, the correct option is B.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ans. (i) In this poem, Robert Frost refers to two contrasting ideas-Fire and Ice as predictions of how the world will end. According to him, some people say that the world will end in a fire while some others hold that this will end in ice. The poet equates desire with fire and hatred with ice.
Detailed explanation-5: -The poet says that people hold different opinions about the end of the world. Some say ‘fire’, which stands for ‘desire’, will destroy the world. Secondly, ‘ice’, which stands for ‘hatred’ can also destroy the world.