Fire and Ice

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 know that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
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Volsebnik's picture

Tiny nine lines poem. A brilliant example of Frost's concisely ironic literary style.
Poem varies in meter lengths - either eight or four syllables and uses three sets of interwoven rhymes, based on "-ire," "-ice," and "-ate"

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