Frost's 'Fire and Ice'

In his poem, “Fire and Ice,” Robert Frost considers the destruction of the world and compares two ways by which it could be accomplished, through fire or through ice. Desire and hate are believed to be the forces that may allow the world’s end, as they are contributing factors to war. “Fire” can be interpreted as a metaphor for war and desire, and “Ice” being a result of the war and linked with hate. …

…lead to war; fire refers to war; ice is the result of war; and war causes destruction. In his poem, Frost is trying to explain that desire and hate will cause the destruction of the world through war. If the war does not kill everything than the freezing after effect surely will. So whether it is through fire or ice, life on earth will cease to exist if hate and desire are allowed to prevail.