TEXT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
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 sun got so ‘hot’ that it ‘burst’ or grew colder and colder ?
Ans: Yes I think the world will end one day but nobody knows when. .It may take a thousand years or billions of years but somewhere down the lane it will surely end.According to the law of nature whatever has a beginning will also have an end. If the sun gets too hot and bursts then chances of life existing is impossible then the world may perish. If it gets too cold then also life won’t sustain because life cannot exist in frozen conditions also as only need heat and energy . Both are extremes and can bring destruction to the world.
2. For Frost, what do ‘fire’ and ‘ice’ stand for.
Here are some ideas:
Greed Avarice Cruelty Lust
Conflict Fury Intolerance Rigidity
Insensitivity Coldness Indifference Hatred
Ans: Fire stands for greed, avarice, lust, conflict, fury, intolerance
Ice stands for cruelty, rigidity, insensitivity, coldness, indifference, hatred
3. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? How does it help in bringing out the contrasting ideas in the poem.
Ans: The rhyme scheme of the poem is a, b, a, b, : c, b, c, b.
The two contrasting ideas fire and ice are totally supported by the rhyme scheme of the poem as different rhyming words carry different ideas in the poem.