| Fire and Ice | |
|---|---|
| by Robert Frost | |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:FireFrost20.jpg) First appearance in Harper's, December, 1920. | |
| First published in | Harper's Magazine |
| Country | United States |
| Subject(s) | Apocalypse, desire, hate |
| Meter | iambic tetrameter and iambic dimeter |
| Rhyme scheme | ABA ABC BCB |
| Publication date | December 1920 |
| Lines | 9 |
| Full text | |
 Fire and Ice at Wikisource | |
Fire and Ice
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.
"Fire and Ice" is a short poem by Robert Frost that discusses the end of the world, likening the elemental force of fire with the emotion of desire, and ice with hate. It was first published in December 1920 in Harper's Magazine[1] and was later published in Frost's 1923 Pulitzer Prize-winning book New Hampshire. "Fire and Ice" is one of Frost's best-known and most anthologized poems.[2]
- ^ Frost, Robert. December 1920. "Fire and Ice," A Group of Poems by Robert Frost. Harper's Magazine. p. 67.
- ^ Fagan, Deirdre J. (2007). Critical companion to Robert Frost: a literary reference to his life and work. Infobase. pp. 115–16. ISBN 978-0-8160-6182-2.