Fire and Ice - Poem Analysis by Leah Gayton https://padlet.com/leah_gayton/zkqfpf1kvwv9 This is my analysis of the poem "Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost en-us 2018-12-02 07:36:37 UTC 2018-12-03 05:49:05 UTC hello@padlet.com Poem leah_gayton https://padlet.com/leah_gayton/zkqfpf1kvwv9/wish/310247660 Fire and Ice
By Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted 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.
]]> 2018-12-03 00:47:12 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_gayton/zkqfpf1kvwv9/wish/310247660 Poet leah_gayton https://padlet.com/leah_gayton/zkqfpf1kvwv9/wish/310247771 Robert Frost was born on March 26th, 1874 in San Francisco, California and passed away on January 29th, 1963 in Boston, Massachusetts. He became interested in poetry and writing during his high school years and decided to continue on with this passion at Dartmouth University. He later transferred to Harvard university but never received a formal college degree. He was a very well-known and highly recognized poet and received four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry in his lifetime.

Sources :
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/robert-frost
https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/robert-frost-133.php]]> 2018-12-03 00:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_gayton/zkqfpf1kvwv9/wish/310247771 Vocabulary, references, allusions leah_gayton https://padlet.com/leah_gayton/zkqfpf1kvwv9/wish/310249153 My poem does not contain any vocabulary I don't not already know the definition and meaning to. My poem also does not contain any allusions or references besides "Fire and Ice," which can be interpreted in many different ways. This has not direct reference or allusion. ]]> 2018-12-03 00:57:07 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_gayton/zkqfpf1kvwv9/wish/310249153 Denotation leah_gayton https://padlet.com/leah_gayton/zkqfpf1kvwv9/wish/310256968 This poem is basically some people think that the world is going to end by overheating (fire) and some people think it will end by freezing over (ice). The speaker believes that it is going to end by overheating. Then he/she goes on to say that basically either way, the world ends so it doesn't really matter how it happens. ]]> 2018-12-03 01:57:18 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_gayton/zkqfpf1kvwv9/wish/310256968 PART 1 leah_gayton https://padlet.com/leah_gayton/zkqfpf1kvwv9/wish/310276201 2018-12-03 04:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_gayton/zkqfpf1kvwv9/wish/310276201 PART 2 leah_gayton https://padlet.com/leah_gayton/zkqfpf1kvwv9/wish/310276213 2018-12-03 04:44:24 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_gayton/zkqfpf1kvwv9/wish/310276213 Poetic device #1 leah_gayton https://padlet.com/leah_gayton/zkqfpf1kvwv9/wish/310276274 The sounds of words
Rhyme - Words that have different beginning sounds but whose endings sound alike, including the final vowel sound and everything following it, are said to rhyme
"From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire." 
When a rhyming scheme is used in poetry, it not only sounds good but it can create a sense of completeness and can help put emphasis on certain words. ]]> 2018-12-03 04:45:13 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_gayton/zkqfpf1kvwv9/wish/310276274 Poetic device #2 leah_gayton https://padlet.com/leah_gayton/zkqfpf1kvwv9/wish/310277084 The meanings of words
Ambiguity- A word or phrase that can mean more than one thing, even in its context
"Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice." 
This could mean literal fire and ice or it could mean heaven and hell. By using ambiguity, this allows readers to deepen their thought and use their imagination. ]]> 2018-12-03 04:54:57 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_gayton/zkqfpf1kvwv9/wish/310277084 Poetic Device #3 leah_gayton https://padlet.com/leah_gayton/zkqfpf1kvwv9/wish/310278219 The arranging of words
Enjambment - The continuation of the logical sense, and therefore the grammatical construction beyond the end of a line of poetry.
"I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice." 
Enjambment is often used to put emphasis on certain words or phrases. For example, Frost stopped the line at "ice," putting an emphasis on it. ]]> 2018-12-03 05:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_gayton/zkqfpf1kvwv9/wish/310278219 Connotation leah_gayton https://padlet.com/leah_gayton/zkqfpf1kvwv9/wish/310278799 "Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted 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"
Since the enjambment happens on the words fire and ice, I am going to start there. This could have a literal meaning or fire and ice or it could stand for something else such as heaven and hell or you can dive deeper and say that fire means passion and ice means rational. I can infer this because fire and desire both end the lines meaning that he wanted to put emphasis on those two words for a reason. The same goes with ice and hate, which can be conferred to as rational. The poet linked fire and ice to human emotions, desire and hate. Overall this poem is talking about how you can die and leave this world full of passion and desire knowing you fulfilled your hopes and dreams, or you can leave having accomplished very little because you were too caught up in what was rational and made sense. Overall he is telling the reader to go live their life however they want but you are going to die anyway, so might as well make it great. ]]> 2018-12-03 05:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_gayton/zkqfpf1kvwv9/wish/310278799 Voice leah_gayton https://padlet.com/leah_gayton/zkqfpf1kvwv9/wish/310281364 In this poem, we know the speaker is talking in first person. We know this because in lines 3 and 6, he uses the pronouns I've and I, putting the speaker into first person. I think the tone of this poem is very mellow and content. I think he knows that the world is going to end so he had just come to peace with it. He does not really care about how the world ends or anything. Even though he is talking about a very serious subject like death, he is still calm and content. ]]> 2018-12-03 05:44:35 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_gayton/zkqfpf1kvwv9/wish/310281364