Fire and Ice by Robert Frost (blog 1)

 In “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost I view fire and ice as metaphors representing both destructive emotions and the downfall that they represent. Fire is outward and loud; it’s anger, jealous passion, extroverted anxiety, greed and righteousness. Fire can lead to division through violence and war, causing chaos. Ice is inward, repressed and still very destructive. It can lead to self-destructive fermented hate, sadness, bitterness and introverted anxiety. Ice being “cold” as it is and more static than fire represents the harshness of slowly growing distant, an implosion of sorts. Meanwhile, fire being dynamic and running only while it’s fueled represents a relationship in turmoil. That makes it an explosion as it is a burst of destructive energy outward. From Robert Frost’s poem you can tell he’s talking about relationships because he mentions “desire.”  From what I've tasted of desire/I hold with those who favor fire. These 3^rd and 4^th lines are a narrowing down of the 1^st and 2^nd which generalize “relationships.” Some say the world will end in fire,/Some say in ice. This going from general to specific as it is going from result or effect to cause. It leaves us in a moment of suspense before we are led to the expected cause and we are reminded that we ourselves as a group of individuals are in control of whether we cause the world to end.