In Fire and Ice Robert Frost uses 2 inanimate objects and figurative language to make an indirect way of expressing his message. He writes “Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.” (Frost 1-2) leading the reader in with the two objects, which are fire and ice. This paves the path for him to use his figurative language. He continues with “From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire.” (Frost 3-4) This is the first object, the fire which he says he prefers. But after this he …show more content…
Frost stars with the words, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood”(Frost 1). He uses a common situation, a road that leads to two paths. Then he says “And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth Then took the other, as just as fair”(Frost 4-6) This shows to the reader that he is undecided because both paths look equal. He loves his decision until he says “I took the one less traveled by, And that had made all the difference”(Frost 19-20) This shows how he finally chose one of the paths. Frost turns a literal meaning of choosing a path to go to a figurative situation as there is no path but a decision to make. This both literal and figurative style allows Frost to express his message of choosing the right path and the story of him choosing the path with the