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Analysis and comments on The Cobweb by Raymond Carver

Comment 2 of 2, added on January 18th, 2005 at 2:24 PM.

The Frost poem is "Design," but there's no web in the poem. I do agree,
perhaps, that the poem's share an idea of fate. Frost's poem has nothing,
really, to do with the world of humans, but is nature focused. Carver's
poem shows the point where human meets nature. "The Cobweb," and much of
Carver's writing for that matter, puts me in mind of James Wright-- in
particular, i think of "Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine
Island, Minnesota". Note the endings for both poems. Both focus on
revelation and an evaluation of one's life.

Sam from United States
Comment 1 of 2, added on November 8th, 2004 at 6:00 AM.

does this poem remind anyone of a Robert Frost poem about a spider and a
cobweb? even the theme is similar.

alan from Ireland



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Poet: Raymond Carver
Poem: The Cobweb
Volume: Ultramarine
Year: 1986
Added: Feb 21 2003
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