NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English First Flight Chapter 2 - Fire and Ice

Q1. There are many ideas about how the world will ‘end’. Do you think the world will end someday? Have you ever thought what would happen if the sun got so hot that it ‘burst’, or grew colder and colder?
Ans: There are certainly many theories about how the world might come to an end. I believe that, like everything else, the world will eventually have an end too. One possibility is that if the Sun explodes due to extreme heat, the Earth would be destroyed instantly, as no part of the planet could survive such intense temperatures. On the other hand, if the Sun were to cool down significantly, life would also cease to exist because sunlight is essential for sustaining life.

Q2. For Frost, what do ‘fire’ and ‘ice’ stand for? Here are some ideas:

Ans: For Frost, ‘fire’ and ‘ice’ stands for destructive powers. ‘Fire’ stands for greed, avarice, lust, conflict, and fury. ‘Ice’ stands for cruelty, intolerance, rigidity, insensitivity, coldness, indifference and hatred.

Q3. 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, a; b. c, b, c,b.

The poem's contrasting concepts of "fire" and "ice" are highlighted by this rhyme arrangement. The poet suggests that ice and fire are likely the endings of the earth. He discusses how fire is a symbol of desire and how it might bring about the end of the world. Frost also refers to ice in between to suggest that all it will take for the world to end is for people to become cold and uncaring towards one another. 
In the second verse, he claims to be aware of enough hate in the world to know that it would not take much destruction from ice to bring about the end of the planet.