Fire and Ice

I enjoyed this poem because of its contrast. Robert Frost has a serious topic that is being discussed in the poem, "[s]ome say the world will end in fire," (1). The poems topic may be serious, but the speaker's tone is very monotone with no emotion. It is also intriguing because it made me think about a subject that usually does not come to mind in everyday life. I think that both ways of the world ending and us dying would be awful but the poem shows it differently "Is also great/And would suffice” (8-9). It is weird to be thinking of it as great but it made me think of other awful ways the world could end and then I realized the ice would be sufficient compared to other means of destruction.