DDCPoetry

Poem found here:  "Complete Destruction" by William Carlos Williams This is a parody of "Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost .  Both poems have a sense of humor about destruction, but this poem is more personal, I suppose.  Well.      It was an Icy day,      We buried the cat.      then took her box      and set it on fire So there's the place of the initial lines of "Fire and Ice" content and structure wise -- discussion about the duality of fire and ice.       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 what differs is the personal nature of Williams.  The ice is attributed to the day, and the fire is something to cleanse the box; meanwhile, Frost takes more of an ideological stance on destruction. The last four lines of Williams poem does go more ideologic...