by larc 6 Replies latest jw friends
How will the world end? Here is Robert Frost's opinion in his poem, Fire And Ice.
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've known of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
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.
Now what do you make of that?????
When I read fire and ice I thought this was going to be a sex topic. Damn it!
"I have so much love to give, but no one to give it to."
William H. Macy - "Magnolia"
I dunno...but, all these Frost & Ice references are making my wick cold.
Hi Larc,
Some say the world will end in fire,From what I've known of desire
Some say in ice.
From what I've known of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
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.
I take this stanza to mean that the writer finds passion fiery, and would be happy to die in a passionate state.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
The writer is saying that even passions can turn to hate.
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice
That the passion felt when it once was fire was worth the torment of the cold hatred at its' death. To the writer, it meant no difference.
I tried!!!
Ana
Ana,
Poetry is open to interpretation, as it should be. In this poem, my thoughts are with yours. I tried too, and I have the same or similiar interpretation.
Ana,
If I'm following you, do you think it's a prescription to "better to have loved and lost, than to never have loved at all"?
If so, it looks that way to me, too.
LittleToe,
Yes, that is how I see it...I can't see it as reading any other way, either.
Ana
