Fire And Ice

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In Fire and Ice by Robert Frost, he describes how people think the world will end, “ some say the world will end in fire”. When the world ends it will burst into flames and everyone will burn, as the second coming of Jesus and that Earth will turn into Hell, anyone who stays will die from fire. To some this might not be the way they think the world will come to an end. “Some say in Ice”, and some will say the earth will freeze over like another ice age, or the Earth will loose the sun and everyone will freeze to death. Both of these could be correct but you wont know until that day comes. “From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire” Robert Frost would rather die with fire, the first time than ice. From what he has seen

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