Robert Lee Frost

Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. One of the most popular and critically respected American poets of his generation, Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry.

He has many poems. Some of them are very big and difficult to read and some are small. I choos one poem it isn’t very big but it’s interesting.

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 favour fire.

 But if it had to perish twice,

 I think I know enough of hate

 To say that for destruction ice

 Is also great

 And would suffice.

"Fire and Ice" is one of Robert Frost's most popular poems, published in December 1920 in Harper's Magazine and in 1923 in his Pulitzer-prize winning book New Hampshire. It discusses the end of the world, likening the elemental force of fire with the emotion of desire, and ice with hate. It is one of Frost's best-known and most anthologized poems.

And I create translation to this poem in ukrainian.

Вогонь і лід

Хтось каже, світ весь від вогню,

Хтось каже, що від льоду.

А, що стосується мене,

Я за вогонь завжди стою.

Але якщо загибель двічі жде,

Наш світ земний,- ну що ж,

Тоді для розпаду і лід

Хороший,

І також підійде.