CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

FIRE AND ICE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the poet’s opinion about the world?
A
It will end in ice
B
It will never end
C
It will end in fire
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The poet thinks about the end of the world that people think fire is the main cause of destruction. But by the end of the poem he says that both Fire and Ice are equally destructive. Both have the same power of causing destruction.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The poet’s opinion is that the world will end in fire as he’s with the people thinking that our talent of self-destruction with our own greed, passion, anger, violence and unwanted desires is more destructive than the ice which symbolises hatred, rigidity and indifference.

Detailed explanation-5: -Some people think that world will end in fire because “fire” stands for hatred, conflict, fury, avarice and greed.

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