The poet favours those who believe that the world will end because of fire i.e. greed as he believes that greed is more dangerous than hate. It makes a person materialistic. selfish and emotionless and finally hatred evolved in his mind. Thus greed is the root cause of all the evils. Read summary ofRead more

They can be distinguished as they are two extreme opposites having the capacity to destroy everything. Read summary of this poem.

Yes, hatred can destroy the world because it makes people grow enmity against each other. Human emotions like love, sympathy, empathy, morals, ethics etc have no place in such a mind. Hence hate has the ability to destroy the world. Read summary of this poem.

Fire symbolises greed while ice symbolises hatred. Read summary of this poem.

Fire means greed and desire and ice means hatred and coldness in relations. Read summary of this poem.