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Comment 2 of 2, added on February 26th, 2006 at 4:00 AM.
Frost has used a calm & peaceful setting in the nature to express the
violence of war. He wrote this poem in 1916, during the middle of World War
One and he challenges the reader's attitude about war. His use of
full-stops to make pauses in his poem create a slow rhythm and produces a
sense of deep sorrow and death. In the first line of the poem, "The battle
rent a cobweb diamond-strung" metaphorically means that the soldiers are
entering the trap of war. The alliteration of "s" and "t" sounds
effectively creates a death & sorrowful theme and successfully illustrates
the losses caused by warfare.In the last line, Frost has used another stong
emotional effect when he says "finding nothing, sullenly withdrew". This
phrase literally means that there is no fly in the spider's trap but when
it is looked in a more complex manner, it means that there are no winners
in wars, there is no victory but only loses of lives.
Benny from Australia
Comment 1 of 2, added on May 27th, 2005 at 9:28 AM.
I think,this is one of best poetries reflecting battle and its effects on
people and nature.It is impossible to be desensitized after reading this
poetry.
melisa from Turkey
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Frost has used a calm & peaceful setting in the nature to express the
violence of war. He wrote this poem in 1916, during the middle of World War
One and he challenges the reader's attitude about war. His use of
full-stops to make pauses in his poem create a slow rhythm and produces a
sense of deep sorrow and death. In the first line of the poem, "The battle
rent a cobweb diamond-strung" metaphorically means that the soldiers are
entering the trap of war. The alliteration of "s" and "t" sounds
effectively creates a death & sorrowful theme and successfully illustrates
the losses caused by warfare.In the last line, Frost has used another stong
emotional effect when he says "finding nothing, sullenly withdrew". This
phrase literally means that there is no fly in the spider's trap but when
it is looked in a more complex manner, it means that there are no winners
in wars, there is no victory but only loses of lives.
Benny from Australia