The epigram poem “Fire and Ice” only nine lines long, is full of many emotions. There are often different levels of meaning interpreted, but I believe the author is addressing how the world will end, either by fire or ice, or perhaps both. It is unclear on which element will cause the destruction, but it is significant that the world ending will happen. The language used throughout the poem is easy to understand. Robert Frost used specific word choices with using a metaphor between comparing fire to desire and ice to hatred. He first establishes that the world will end in fire from his personal experience with desire and passion, and then he ultimately turns around after considering his experience with hatred, and admits that if the world was