POEM - 2 Fire and Ice

POEM - 2 Fire and Ice. LESSON-1 Mp3

Extract - 1. Some say the world will end in fire Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favour fire.

Questions. 

1. Who is the poet of these lines?

    (a)Carolyn Wells (b) Robin Klein (c) Robert Frost

2. What does the poet compare fire with?

    (a) hatred (b) desire (c) hot

3. With whom does the poet want to stay ?

    (a) those who favour fire (b) those who favour ice (c) both

Ans. 1-c, 2-, 3-a,

Extract - 2. 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.

Questions - 

1. From which poem have these lines been taken?

    (a) Fire and Ice (b) A Tiger in the Zoo (c) The Ball Poem

2. What is the meaning of "perish"?

    (a) rise (b)die (c) glow

3. Who is the poet of these lines?

(a) Carolyn Wells (b) Robin Klein (c) Robert Frost

Ans. 1-a, 2-b, 3-c,

Optional - 

1. Who has written the poem “Fire and Ice”?

(a) Robert Frost (b)John Keats (c)W.B .Yeats (d) S.T. Coleridge

2. What does ‘ice’ symbolize in the poem ‘Fire and Ice’?

(a) desire (b) hatred (c) love (d) pain

3. What does ‘fire’ symbolize in the poem ‘Fire and Ice’?

(a) desire (b) hatred (c) love (d) pain

4. What is the meaning of ‘perish’?

(a) rise (b)birth (c)glow (d) die

5. According to Robert Frost, what will end one day?

(a) world (b)water (c)air (d) plants

Ans. 1-a, 2-b, 3-a, 4-d, 5-a,

Ques. 1. What does ‘fire’ stand for in the poem?

Ans. Fire stands for 'human desire' in the poem.

2. What does ‘ice’ stand for in the poem?

Ans. Ice stands for 'hatred' in the poem.

3. What is the central idea of the poem 'Fire and Ice'?

Ans. The poet tried to bring the difference between the fire and the ice which represent two different kinds of people. The poet feels that the eyes of hatred is as powerful as the fire of desire. They can destroy a person morally, mentally and physically.