Essays on Fire and Ice

A Critical Analysis

Robert Frost has been remarked to “stand at the crossroads of 19th-century American poetry and modernism, for in his verse may be found the culmination of many 19th-century tendencies and traditions as well as parallels to the works of his 20th-century contemporaries” (“Robert Frost”). He holds a unique place in American poetry, and within that space he created some remarkable poems, at times following strict meter and rhyme, but always creating poems rich in imagery and meaning. His poem, “Fire and Ice,” is no different. Within this brief poem are layers of meaning revealed in strong imagery and the connotation of ...

The poem by Robert Frost asks the long-time question of what will be the reason for the ends of the earth- will it end on fire or ice. Although the topic of the poem appears morbid (because it talks about how will the earth end) it used an unusual tone to describe something so painful. It combined humor and detachment. The language was simple because Frost did not use any complex words. Frost is known for using plain words in his works in general because he wishes to tap more audience. Because of his use of simple words, the ...

Analysis of the poem Fire and Ice by Robert Frost

The poem Fire and Ice was written in 1920 and belongs to early cycle of author’s poetry. Nevertheless, it is one of the most well-known and popular work of Frost. It consists of only nine lines or 51 words. Yet the imagery of these lines is so deep that there are even different versions of inspiration reason gained by Robert Frost. According to the first one, the verse was written after re-thinking of Dante’s Inferno image. According to the medieval poet, the lowest circle of the Hell, where betrayers were placed, is covered with ice and this ...

Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” and “Fire and Ice” are both rhyming, rhythmic poems. However, their themes are very different. While the former explores the choices that all humans make in everyday life, the latter delves more deeply into possible causes of destruction for planet earth. While the two poems have similarities in terms of style, the main themes within them are quite different. “The Road Not Taken” is a famous and well-anthologized poem in the history of American poetry. A common interpretation asserts that the narrator in the poem is upholding independence and non-conformity. A ...

‘Theme of English B’ by Langston Hughes A Comparative Essay

These two poems are completely different in tone, message and overall impact. They also use language in very different ways to create a completely different world. ‘Fire and Ice’ by Robert Frost is short and cryptic and, in one sense, very conventional – he uses rhyme to give his poem a clear pattern. The poem is casual and child-like in tone, but the subject matter is very adult – it is an apocalyptic poem, imagining the end of the world. Frost deals with abstract emotions – desire and hate – and explicitly compares them to, respectively, heat and fire, and to ice. His inspiration ...