An adult speaker, probably Robert Frost, addresses an adult or maybe a bit younger audience, basically anyone who reads this poem.

2. Scene, Subject, Setting:

Robert Frost, probably in his room and lying on his bed, is meditating over the theme of the end of the world: fire or ice? Comparison between fire and ice; Frost's own opinion/general opinion.

3. Meter:

Rhymes in a-b-a-a-b-c-b-c-b; No stanzas; Alliteration on the sounds "ice" and "ire" make the poem flow and easy to read in one setting; Enjambment; 5 lines have 9 syllables and the poem is 9 lines long; Kind of a free verse.

4. Organization:

Lines 1-4: Compares an apocalypse with fire to one with ice; Gives general opinion, "some say" (1-2) then gives personal opinion.

Lines 5-9: Thinks about his personal opinion again and re-evaluates it, then thinks destruction by ice wouldn't be too bad: "destruction by ice is also...