Fire and Ice
1. There are many ideas about how the world will 'end'. Do you think the world will end some day? Have you ever thought what would happen if the sum gets so hot that it 'bursts' or grows colder and colder?
( āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąী āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ āĻšোā§ąাā§° āϞāĻāϤে āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āϧাā§°āĻŖা āϏাāĻোā§° āĻাāĻ āĻāĻে।āϤুāĻŽি āĻাāĻŦাāύে āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāĻāύ āĻāĻĻিāύ āĻļেāώ āĻšāĻŦ āĻŦুāϞি?āĻেāϤিā§াāĻŦা āĻাāĻŦিāĻাāύে āϏূā§°্āϝāĻো āĻā§°āĻŽ āĻ
āĻĨāĻŦা āĻ
āϤ্āϝাāϧিāĻ āĻ াāĻŖ্āĻĄা āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°ে āĻি āĻšāĻŦ? )
Answer:- There are many ideas about the end of world. As we all know everything has its own beginning and ending, this stands true for the world also. If the sub got so hot than it burst, the whole of the earth would perish immediately as no part of the Earth can bear the heat of that intensity. But if the Sun grew colder and colder, everything will come to an end as without sunlight, life will end.
( āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āĻ
āύ্āϤিāĻŽ āĻĒā§°্āϝাā§ā§° āϞāĻāϤো āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻāĻĨা āĻā§িāϤ āĻšৈ āĻāĻে,āĻāĻŽি āϏāĻāϞোā§ąে āĻাāύো āϝে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤ্āϝেāĻ āĻŦāϏ্āϤ⧰ে āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻāĻŖি āĻā§°ু āĻļেāώ āĻĨাāĻে,āĻāĻ āĻāĻĨা āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āĻ্āώেāϤ্ā§°āĻো āĻĒ্ā§°āϝোāĻ্āϝ āϝāĻĻি āϏূā§°্āϝ āĻো āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻā§°āĻŽ āĻšৈ āϝাā§ āϤেāύ্āϤে āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§ে āĻāĻ āϤীāĻ্āώ্āĻŖ āĻāώ্āĻŖāϤা āϏāĻš্āϝ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ি āĻ āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ⧰ āĻā§°াāĻšāϤ āĻĒā§°িāĻŦ।āĻ িāĻ āϤেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻāώ্āĻŖāϤা ā§° āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤে āϏূā§°্āϝ āĻো āϝāĻĻি āĻ
āϤি āĻļীāϤāϞ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°ে,āϤেāύেāĻšāϞে āϏāĻāϞোāĻŦোā§° āĻļেāώ āĻšৈ āĻāĻšিāĻŦ,āĻিā§āύো āϏূā§°্āϝ্āϝ⧰ āĻĒোāĻšā§°ā§° āĻ
āĻŦিāĻšāύে āĻীā§াāĻ āĻĨāĻা āϏāĻŽ্āĻā§ą āύāĻšā§।
2) For Frost, what do fire and ice stand far ?
āĻĢ্ā§°āώ্āĻā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে 'āĻ
āĻ্āύি āĻā§°ু `āĻŦā§°āĻĢā§°' āĻ
ā§°্āĻĨ āĻি?
Answer:- For Frost, 'fire' stands for greed avarice, lust, conflict and fury. And for him 'ice' stands for cruelty, intervance , rigidity, intensitivity, coldness, indifference and hatred.
āĻĢ্ā§°āώ্āĻā§° āĻŽāϤে āĻ
āĻ্āύিā§ে āϞাāϞāϏা, āϞোāĻ, āĻ্āώুāϧা, āϏংāĻā§°্āώ āϤāĻĨা āĻ্ā§°োāĻļ āĻāĻĻি āϏূāĻাā§।
āĻ িāĻ āϤেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻŦā§°āĻĢ āύিāώ্āĻ ুā§°āϤা, āĻ
āϏāĻšāύীā§, āĻāĻ োā§°āϤা, āĻāĻীā§°āϤা, āĻļীāϤāϞāϤা,āĻāĻĻাāϏীāύ āĻৃāĻŖা āĻāĻĻি āϏূāĻাā§।
Q. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? How does it help in bringing out the contrasting ideas in the poem?
āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§° āĻŽিāϤ্ā§°াāĻ্āώ⧰ āĻāύ্āĻĻ āĻি? āĻ āĻেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§° āĻŦৈāϏাāĻĻৃāĻļ্āϝ āĻĻাāĻি āϧ⧰াāϤ āϏāĻšাā§ āĻā§°ে?
Answer:- The rhyme scheme of the poem is aba abc bcb. This rhyme scheme is help in bringing out the contrasting ideas of `fire' and `ice' presented in the poem. The poet mentions that both fire and ice are probable ends of this world. He talks about how fire represents desire and therefore it can be a cause of the end of the world. Frost also mentions ice in between to symbolize that the coldness and indifference towards one another will be enough to destroy the world. In the second stanza, he says that he knows of enough hate in the world to be sure that even destruction through ice would be sufficient to bring about the end of the world.
āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§° āĻŽিāϤ্ā§°াāĻ্āώ⧰ āĻāύ্āĻĻ āĻšāϞ aba abc bcb, āĻāĻ āĻāύ্āĻĻāĻ āĻ
āĻ্āύি āĻā§°ু āĻŦā§°āĻĢā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻŦৈāϏাāĻĻৃāĻļ্āϝ āĻĻাāĻি āϧ⧰াāϤ āϏāĻšাā§ āĻā§°িāĻে, āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻৈāĻে āϝে āĻ
āĻ্āύি āĻā§°ু āĻŦā§°āĻĢ āĻĻুā§োāĻাāĻ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ⧰ āĻাā§°āĻ āĻšāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে, āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŽāϤে āĻ
āĻ্āύিāϝ়ে āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻāĻাংāĻ্āώাāĻ āϏূāĻাāϝ়, āϏেāϝ়ে āĻ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ⧰ āĻাā§°āĻ āĻšāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āĻ িāĻ āϤেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻŦā§°āĻĢā§° āĻāĻĻাāϏীāύāϤা āϤāĻĨা āĻļীāϤāϞāϤাāĻ āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻŦিā§°াāĻ āĻā§°া āĻāĻĻাāϏীāύāϤাāĻো āϏূāĻাāϝ়, āĻā§°ু āĻ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ⧰ āĻ
āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻাā§°āĻ āĻšāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে, āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ় āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻāϤ āϤেāĻঁ āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°িāĻে āϝে āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻৃāĻŖা āĻাā§ąে āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ⧰ āĻĒāĻĨ āϏāĻšāĻে āĻŽুāĻāϞি āĻā§°িāĻŦ।
Summary of the poem
The poet is very much sure of the destruction of humanity on someday. He is talking about the two different beliefs regarding the end of this world. The poet says that he is in favour of those people who says this world will end in fire. He compares people's unending and uncontrolled desire with fire and says that he had seen how the greedy people were lead to destruction. He finds that human evil desires are similar to the fire in nature. So this fire may become a big reason to destroy humankind and this world too.
On the other hand, the second belief in this regard says that ice is also sufficient for destroying this world. Here the poet compares the nature of ice with hatred fillings of humans with the other humans. As ice can make the body numb with its prolonged contact, Similarly hatred can also give numbress to our mind and thoughts.and hance it can make us insensitive and cruel. Such cruelty towards humanity will be make responsible for the destruction of the world compared to the desire.
āĻāĻŦিāϤাā§° āĻŽূāϞāĻাā§ą :-
āĻāĻŦি āύিāĻļ্āĻিāϤ āĻāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻŽাāĻ¨ā§ąāϤাā§° āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ āĻšোā§ąাāĻো āύিāĻļ্āĻিāϤ āĻāĻĨা,āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āĻ
āύ্āϤ āĻĒā§°াā§° āĻ্āώেāϤ্ā§°āϤ āĻĻুāĻা āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻাā§°āĻā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°িāĻে, āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻৈāĻে āϝে āϤেāĻঁ āϏেāĻāϏāĻāϞ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻĒāĻ্āώāϤ āĻāĻে āϝিāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻŽāϤে āĻ
āĻ্āύি āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ⧰ āĻাā§°āĻ, āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āϏীāĻŽাāĻšীāύ āϤāĻĨা āĻ
āύিā§āύ্āϤ্ā§°িāϤ āĻাāĻŽāύাāĻ āĻ
āĻ্āύিā§° āϞāĻāϤ āϤুāϞāύা āĻā§°িāĻে। āϤেāĻঁ āĻৈāĻে āϝে āϞাāϞāϏাāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°ে āĻিāĻĻā§°ে āύিāĻā§° āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ āύিāĻেāĻ āĻŽাāϤি āĻāύে, āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻ
āύাāĻাংāĻ্āώিāϤ āĻāĻ্āĻাāĻŦোā§° āĻুāĻā§° āĻĻā§°ে āϝিāϝ়ে āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ⧰ āĻŽূāϞ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে।
āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽāϤে āĻāĻāĻ্āώেāϤ্ā§°āϤ āĻŦā§°āĻĢ āĻšৈāĻে āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ়āĻো āĻাā§°āĻ, āϝিāϝ়ে āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ⧰ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে, āĻāϝ়াāϤ āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻŦā§°āĻĢā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤিāĻ āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻŽāύāϤ āĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻāύāĻāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻĨāĻা āĻৃāĻŖা āĻাāĻŦā§° āϞāĻāϤ āϤুāϞāύা āĻā§°িāĻে। āϝিāĻĻā§°ে āĻŦā§°āĻĢে āĻāĻ ā§°āϤাā§° āϏৃāώ্āĻি āĻā§°ে āĻ িāĻ āϤেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻৃāĻŖাāĻাā§ąে āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻŽāϏ্āϤিāώ্āĻā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাā§ą āĻĒেāϞাāĻ āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°া āĻā§°ি āϤুāϞে, āϝিāϝ়ে āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻ āĻāĻ্ā§°োāĻļāĻŽূāϞāĻ āĻā§°ি āϤুāϞে, āĻā§°ু āĻāĻ āĻāĻ্ā§°োāĻļ āĻŽাāĻ¨ā§ąāϤাā§° āĻĒāϤāύ⧰ āĻ
āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°াāĻো āĻ
ā§ąāĻļ্āϝāĻŽ্āĻাā§ąী।
Angamita Dutta
(M.A in English)
Post ID : DABP005256