Robert Frost Fire And Ice Analysis

Robert Frost’s “Fire and Ice” is an amazing piece of work masterfully created in such a way that gives absolutely every part of the poem meaning and letting no word go without use. The poem at its most basic discusses the end of the world, and whether it will be in fire or in ice. Frost uses emotions instead of science to determine the answer, pairing fire with desire, and ice with hatred. However, Frost uses a creative poem structure, amazing symbolism, and great allusions to create a much deeper meaning to the poem, that crimes of passion are better that crimes of reason. The structure of this poem goes great lengths beyond words to symbolize the meaning behind this masterpiece. The poem is structured with nine lines, each with a varying …show more content…
As stated previously, the poem has a rhyme scheme of ABA ABC BCB, and this rhyme scheme was created by Dante. The fire and ice are both also allusions to “Dante’s Inferno,” with fire being the upper layers of hell, and ice being the bottom layers of hell. The first few layers, those with fire, are for people who have committed sins of passion, such as murdering out of anger or being abusive. The last layers of hell, the ones that are cold with ice, are reserved for those who have committed sin through thinking, such as stealing, lying, and betraying. This is because sins of reason are far worse than sins of passion, and that to be able to think out an action that you know is wrong and following through with it anyways completely destroys any relationship with