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There are countless ways that people have predicted the earth will end, ranging from a magnificent second coming of Christ to some more scientific terminations such as a great meteor striking the planet or global warming flooding the earth. It is this more scientific approach, with a bit of an imaginative edge of course, that Robert Frost examines in his poem, “Fire and Ice”. The poem is very brief, but as with all of Frost’s poems, there is much to ponder in each line. Frost simply starts the poem by literally stating that some feel the earth will end in fire and that some feel cessation will come about with ice. More broadly however, Frost is probably trying to give the reader the thought that no one truly knows how the world will end and people have varying views on the matter. Frost also goes on to convey his feelings on how he would like the conclusion to come about. He feels that an ending with fire would be much more pas