The rhyme scheme of the poem "Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost is ABA ABC BCB). The poem is written in a single 9-line stanza, which ultimately condenses in the final two lines. The iambic rhythm is an irregular mix of iambic tetrameter and iambic dimeter, and the scheme of rhyming is punctuated in ‘ABA ABC BCB’ both suggesting and departing from the commonly used pattern of ‘terza rima’, which is an arrangement of triplets, especially in iambic pentameter, that rhyme ABA BCB CDC. The rhyme scheme creates an effective connection between words of the poem. The word “desire” rhymes with the word “fire” and the meaning established is that of the fiery passion of desire. Such rhyming takes up symbolic meanings. Moreover, the repetitive rhyming of “fire” and “ice” with themselves, demands the readers’ attention to the concept of imagery, beyond the literal meanings. Fire and ice then symbolize passion and hatred in their excesses, respectively.