Analysis of Fire and Ice
Robert Frost 1874 (San Francisco) – 1963 (Boston)
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
| Scheme | ABAABCBCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | "Fire and Ice" stanza |
| Metre | 110111010 1101 111101010 111111010 11111101 11110111 11110101 1101 0101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 245 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 189 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 04, 2023
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