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    1) The poem discusses whether the world will end through fire or ice. Some believe it will end in fire, while others think ice will cause the end. 2) The speaker sides with those who think fire will destroy the world, but acknowledges that ice could also be powerful enough to end it. 3) The poem uses simple language to present this ambiguous philosophical question about the world's inevitable demise through the opposing forces of fire and ice.

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    1) The poem discusses whether the world will end through fire or ice. Some believe it will end in fire, while others think ice will cause the end. 2) The speaker sides with those who think fire will destroy the world, but acknowledges that ice could also be powerful enough to end it. 3) The poem uses simple language to present this ambiguous philosophical question about the world's inevitable demise through the opposing forces of fire and ice.

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    1) The poem discusses whether the world will end through fire or ice. Some believe it will end in fire, while others think ice will cause the end. 2) The speaker sides with those who think fire will destroy the world, but acknowledges that ice could also be powerful enough to end it. 3) The poem uses simple language to present this ambiguous philosophical question about the world's inevitable demise through the opposing forces of fire and ice.

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    1) The poem discusses whether the world will end through fire or ice. Some believe it will end in fire, while others think ice will cause the end. 2) The speaker sides with those who think fire will destroy the world, but acknowledges that ice could also be powerful enough to end it. 3) The poem uses simple language to present this ambiguous philosophical question about the world's inevitable demise through the opposing forces of fire and ice.

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    Poem (1)

    Ice
    by

    Fire and
    Robert Frost

    Fire and ice


    Robert Frost

    ,Some say the world will end in fire


    .Some say in ice
    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
    He used to write about people and nature.
    Robert Frost uses simple vocabulary in writing verse.
    For readers, it is easy to read his poems but not to
    understand because reader must be able to catch his
    poem.

    Complete the following table:


    '' Fire and Ice'' this title refers to the destructive
    elements in this universe that can lead to the inevitable
    .end
    Why is the title ''Fire and Ice'' furious and humors
    in the same time?
    It is furious because it tells us about two destructive
    .elements that lead to the inevitable end of this universe
    It is humors because ice can lead to the end of fire but
    if fire is grave and fatal, the ice will be useless in front of
    .it
    The style is simple and close to our spoken English
    .Some parts are omitted in order to make the style very
    close to our spoken English.

    Poem (1)
    Ice
    by

    Fire and
    Robert Frost

    :Paraphrase #
    In this poem, the speaker takes into consideration an
    old matter "question". It is centered around the inevitable
    end of the world which we live in. To him, some people
    believe that fire will lead to the destruction of this universe
    while some other people believe that ice can put an end to
    this world .The speaker agrees to the first notion but he
    believes that ice is great ,enough and sufficient for the
    . destruction of this universe

    :Form #
    This poem is an invented form. It is irregular form.
    It is given in 9 lines as one verse paragraph. One
    verse paragraph is given to us as one unit block.
    The 9 lines differ in length.line, 2-8-9 are given to us
    in 4 syllables while the other in 8 syllables. It can be
    'weak-strong' or ' strong-weak ' to keep the iambic.

    Rhythm #
    :There are two different beat
    If 'that' is added to L.1, it will be 9 syllables and that
    will break the rhythm.
    That what we used in our language to keep the
    rhythm.
    It is iambic diameter.

    :Rhyme #

    There are 3 different ends /ire/, /ice/, and /ate/ like


    fire, ice, hate.
    The rhyme scheme goes as; ab aab cb cb.

    :Style #
    The main features of the style used by Robert Frost can be
    :summarized into
    1. It is easy to read and understand.
    2. The use of enjambment .A good example is :
    "for destruction ice / Is also great / And would
    suffice."
    2

    Poem (1)
    Ice
    by

    Fire and
    Robert Frost

    3. It is repetitive. Some examples are words repetition


    as "fire '' and ''ice'' and phrase repetition as: "some
    say"
    4. It is written in mono-syllabic.
    5. Lines differ in length.
    6. It is prose-like style because most sentences are
    given in the same sentence pattern that is used in
    prose.
    7. The style lacks figures of speech.

    :Theme #
    It is ambiguous and unanswered but anyhow it is about
    the inevitable end of the world. It contains only one main
    .idea. This world will burn completely or freeze until death

    :Music #
    The rhyme scheme goes as "ab aab cb cb", and the -1
    .' three ends 'fire ', 'ice', and 'hate
    The beat or rhythm is the iambic diameter or iambic -2
    .tetrameter
    The use of repetition, word repetition: ice, fire, phrase -3
    "repetition "some say
    .The use of sibilance: /s/ sound is repeated 12 times -4
    some, say, some, say, ice, tasted, twice, say, destruction, ice, "
    "also, suffice
    The use of alliteration, simple alliteration: some /say, -5
    .will/world
    Crossed alliteration: some say/ some say, from / favor fire

    :Figure of Speech #
    :Contrast
    The contrast in this poem is between simplicity of
    vocabulary and the seriousness of subject matter.
    The theme is serious but the style is easy.

    Poem (1)
    Ice
    by

    Fire and
    Robert Frost

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