Robert Frost Fire and Ice的解析.doc

Robert Frost Fire and Ice的解析 Type of Work .......Fire and Ice is a lyric poem of nine lines centering on destructive emotions.? Publication .......Fire and Ice first appeared in the December 1920 issue of Harpers. In 1923, it appeared in New Hampshire, a collection of Frosts poems published in New York by Henry Holt Co. Meter .......Frost wrote Fire and Ice in iambic tetrameter (lines 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7) and iambic dimeter (lines 2, 8, and 9). In iambic tetrameter, a line has four pairs of syllables, each pair with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. In iambic dimeter, a line has two pairs of syllables, each pair with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. The first two lines of the poem demonstrate the tetrameter-dimeter format. .......1...................2..................3.................4.... Some SAY..|..the WORLD,..|..will END..|..in FIRE? .......1...................2 Some SAY..|..iin ICE. Rhyme .......The poem contains three units of end rhyme. The first unit consists of lines 1, 3, and 4. The second consists of lines 2, 5, 7, and 9. The third consists of lines 6 and 8. All of the end rhymes are masculine.? . . Text of the Poem and Notes Some say the world1 will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what Ive tasted of desire2 I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice,...................5 I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice3 Is also great And would suffice.4 1...world: Frost appears to mean the world of an individual—that is, his life—as well as civilization itself.? 2...desire: Desire, or passion, is considered a hot emotion. Hence, the punishment for yielding to forbidden desire is fire. For further information, see Dantes Influence, below. 3...See Dantes Influence, below. 4...Note that the word suffice contains the word ice. . . Figures of Speech Alliteration Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. I hold with those