Design_Robert_Frost

Design Robert Frost Critical Response to Poem In Robert Frosts poem "Design" he uses examples of simile and imagery. He evokes many feelings about the apperence of the spider, flower and moth in the poem. As the poem unfolds all of these aspects come together so you can fully understand the theme of the poem. The poem begins with a description of a scene. The scene takes place at night (line 12) and involves three characters: A spider, a moth, and a flower. In line one, Frost describes the spider. The spider is like any other, “fat” and “dimpled” (line 1). However, unusually, the spider is white. Atypically, Frost has given a color associated with purity and innocence to the spider. In line two, Frost describes the flower. Like the spider, the flower, a heal all, is given the unfitting color, white. The spider is on the heal-all, holding up a moth, presumably one, which the spider killed. In line three, Frost elaborates on the moth. The moth, like the spider and heal-all, is white. Frost compares the appearance and texture of the moth to satin, a delicate material similar to silk. Satin, usually soft and supple, is described here as “rigid.” This description ties spider, frost, moth, flower, white, line, heal-all, world, situation, frost’s, quarrel, poem, perhaps, lines, death, color, two, three, scene, one, night, innocence, however, heal-alls, given, froth, description, characters, asks, accuses, word, wings, understand, time, theme