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Robert Frost's "Fire and Ice" Analysis

The document is a literary analysis worksheet for Robert Frost's short poem "Fire and Ice". It summarizes that the poem considers how the world might end, with fire representing desire and destruction and ice representing the power of hatred. The main idea focuses on the end of the world for someone who has faced life's tragedies. The theme is that desire may not result in good outcomes and that we should try to do good for others regardless of how the world ends. The point of view is first person and the conflict is whether the world will end by fire or ice.

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Robert Frost's "Fire and Ice" Analysis

The document is a literary analysis worksheet for Robert Frost's short poem "Fire and Ice". It summarizes that the poem considers how the world might end, with fire representing desire and destruction and ice representing the power of hatred. The main idea focuses on the end of the world for someone who has faced life's tragedies. The theme is that desire may not result in good outcomes and that we should try to do good for others regardless of how the world ends. The point of view is first person and the conflict is whether the world will end by fire or ice.

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LITERARY ANALYSIS WORKSHEET

Title of selection: Fire and Ice

Author: Robert Frost

Genre: Short Poem

Setting: Not mentioned

Historical context:
Fire and Ice was published in Robert Frost book “New Hampshire” collection in 1923.

The author wrote this piece to: (author’s purpose)


The author consider that the world might end. He observed that desire would make fire a
favorite agent of destruction. Frost considers the power of hatred to destroy. Ice therefore is another
candidate for earth destruction. The speaker didn’t need to choose between fire and ice since neither
the two is just fine.

The main idea of this piece is:


The main idea of the poem focusses on the end of the world for someone who was cheated
by life tragedies and how the world will end.

The message (or theme) of this selection which the author would like us to “take away” is:
Desire- not all we wanted will results to a good outcome. Let us try to do good things to
others so if the world will come to an end whether by fire of ice you are ready to face it.
Hatred- Don’t live life full of hate you will not enjoy life to the fullest.
Characters: (Major)

Protagonist(s):

Antagonist(s):

Static characters:

Dynamic characters:

Did the author use any special literary devices in this selection such as: personification,
metaphor, simile, foreshadowing, suspense, flashback, imagery, irony, humor, poetic
sound devices such as rhyme, etc… List and give specific examples:
Rhymes: fire-ice
Desire-fire
Twice-ice
Hate-great

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What was the author’s “tone” toward the subject/person/idea he/she wrote about?
The author’s tone towards the subject is very serious. It uses the peculiar flatness of the tone
that make the topic serious.

What “point of view” was this piece told from? List word clues that indicate this.
The point of view of this poem in is the 1st person point of view because of the pronoun use
“I’ve” that refers to the speaker itself.

List the conflicts in this selection (internal and/or external):


The conflict of the poem is the thought of how would the world will come to an end is it by
fire or by ice.

If this was a fiction/non-fiction or dramatic work, list the most important parts of the
PLOT:

Exposition:

Rising action:

Climax:

Falling action:

Resolution:

Notes:
In the first 2 lines, some predict that the destruction of the world will be destroyed by fire maybe
by solar explosion or by ice perhaps the sun will die. Some refers from scientist and experts.
In his last word “suffice”, acknowledge the avoidance of excess and this serve as a moderating
word may seems like an extreme choice for ultimate excess in examining the destruction of the world.

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