Desire can mean many things; it could be viewed positively in a sense of wishing for something and passion, or negatively, as the hunger for something can lead to greed. In this poem desire is directly related to greed. When discussing the destruction of the world, the meaning of desire could be interpreted only to a negative degree. History has proven that one of the determinants of a war is the desire for power and control. Many wars have been fought over the control of land and resources, while others were because of a desire to be the most powerful nation. The lines, "From what I've tasted of desire/ I hold with those who favor fire." (l. 3-4) refer to the idea that desire is connected with war. The persona uses past tense saying "...I've tasted..."

Hate is a powerful word, and is a force so strong it can overcome all other emotions, leading to many possible horrors. Hate has been the drive behind many of society's greatest tragedies, such as the holocaust and the recent attack on New York's World Trade Center. Hitler's hate for Jewish people was so great that he had no concern in destroying every one of them. The Muslims connected to the World Trade Center attack despise the Americans enough to kill themselves along with thousands of innocent people. Both these examples show hate as leading to destruction, and in both examples war has resulted. In the poem Frost suggest he knows hate, "I think I know enough of hate" (l. 6). He knows hate has cause many wars, he knows hate has caused destruction and he knows hate is so strong that the method of destruction is trivial. Anyone having enough hate to desire destruction would not care whether the method was "fire" or "ice," as long as they accomplish what they are trying to achieve, "...destruction ice....would suffice." (l. 7-9). Hitler had many techniques when killing Jews, some were gassed, others burned and many starved to death in concentration camps. He didn't care how they died as long as they did, and any killing method was sufficient. Hate is described as being such as strong force behind war that the weapons used are insignificant as long as destruct

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