Robert Frosts Fire and Ice - Essay Example

The speaker associates them with fire and ice to convey a message that they may be the reason for the end of the world because hate and desire make a human do unexpected things and they may lead to utter violence and eventually to the end of this world.
The opening two lines contain a message for the fate of this world. The world will indeed end but the poem gives theories relating to how it will end. The first two lines give only two ways the world will end one is due to fire and the other is due to ice. There is no other option taken into consideration. So the poem suggests that either of the two elements will destroy the world.
An understatement is a statement that isn't exact and insufficiently represents one’s ability. The use of the understatement “some people” and the rhyme a b a b c b c b make the tone of the poem rather depressing but it does not make the reader worry about it. The tone of the poem is made even better with the mixture of rhyme and understatement as the negative effects are canceled. Read More