ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Robert Frost favors those who believes that fire would cause final destruction.
A
true
B
false
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The poet takes side with those who believe that the world will be destroyed by fire. Frost connects fire with desire. According to the poet, desire is powerful and would be a quick end.

Detailed explanation-2: -The poem “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost is a metaphor for human perceptions of desires and hatred. The fire symbolises burning desires, while the ice, on the other hand, describes ice-cold hatred.

Detailed explanation-3: -Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. I hold with those who favor fire.

Detailed explanation-4: -The poet is familiar with the fire of passions and desires in love. He knows it quite well that are uncontrolled desires, passions and fury lead to our destruction. Similarly, he sides with those people who believe that ‘fire’ symbolised by unbridled passions and desires with be the real cause of the end of the world.

Detailed explanation-5: -(c) The contradictory opinion of public is the debate whether the world will end in fire or ice.

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