CBSE · Class 10 · English · Poetry: Fire and IceWhat are the two contrasting views presented in the poem regarding the end of the world?
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The poem presents two contrasting scientific and philosophical views regarding how the world will eventually end. One group of people believes that the world will consume itself in fire, symbolizing fiery passions and thermal destruction. The other group believes that the world will freeze and end in ice, representing extreme hatred, coldness, and glacial destruction of all life.
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