Question

Poetry analysis
1. The title of this poem is?
2. It was written by
3. Who is the speaker?
4. What is the basic situation?
5. What is the poem's setting?
6. What kind(s) of imagery do you see most often in the poem? Give some examples.
7. What other sound devices (alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia) have been included by the poet?
Give examples of each.
8. What figures of speech are included (metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, metonymy,
apostrophe, etc.)? Include examples and explain the effect each one has on your understanding and
appreciation of the poem
9. Explain the significance of the poem's title
10. Write a brief summary of the poem.
11. Based on your analysis, what do you think is the author's purpose in writing this poem?

Answer 1

Respuesta:

1) The title of the poem is "Fire and Ice"

2) The poem was written by Robert Frost.

3) The speaker is Frost himself. The first word of the poem draws our attention to the speaker's personal experience: "I."

4) He is talking about the end of the world with the elemental force of fire with the emotion of desire, and ice with hate

5) The narrator asks if the world will end in fire or ice and states that both are the same.

6) I think that he uses 'Tactile' imagery because he refers to the temperature of this symbols and what you feel with them, with the context of destruction and pain on both symbols.

7) 1. Assonance- it is repetition of vowel sounds in same line. The repetition is at different places in different words.

Example- The long sound of “o” in “I hold with those who favour fire”

2. Alliteration- alliteration is the repetition of a consonant sound at the start of two or more closely placed words.

Example- The sound of “f” in “favour fire”, “w” in “world will”

3. Imagery- Imagery is used to make readers perceive things involving their five senses. Example- “Some say the world will end in fire”

“To say that for destruction ice Is also great”

8) Symbolism: Symbolism is a use of symbols to

signify ideas and qualities, by giving them

symbolic meanings different from their literal

meanings. “Fire” is the symbol of desires and

“Ice” symbolizes hatred. Similarly, “green” and

“gold” are the symbol of beauty and

happiness.

Personification: Personification is to give

human qualities to inanimate objects. In this

poem, “Fire” and “Ice” are capable of

destruction. Therefore, the poet personifies

fire and ice by giving them a mind which is

capable of destroying almost anything.

9) Considering that the poem describes an argument over which of these forces will destroy the world, the title raises the possibility that fire and ice can coexist at the same time, maybe even in the same person.

10) The poem Fire and Ice by Robert Frost is a metaphor for human feelings of desires and hatred. Fire represents burning desires while ice on the other hand depicts ice cold hatred. It tells us about how we humans will be the end of our own race.

11) For me, the poem suggests that destruction is inevitable, maybe with the world itself or the people.