Design - A poem by Robert Frost

Robert Frost - Design

I found a dimpled spider, fat and white,
On a white heal-all, holding up a moth
Like a white piece of rigid satin cloth --
Assorted characters of death and blight
Mixed ready to begin the morning right,
Like the ingredients of a witches' broth --
A snow-drop spider, a flower like a froth,
And dead wings carried like a paper kite.

What had that flower to do with being white,
The wayside blue and innocent heal-all?
What brought the kindred spider to that height,
Then steered the white moth thither in the night?
What but design of darkness to appall?--
If design govern in a thing so small.

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Poet: Robert Frost (Robert Frost Art) Poem: Design Volume: A Further Range Year: Published/Written in 1936 Poem of the Day: Sep 14 2006 Comment 28 of 28, added on November 4th, 2009 at 4:54 AM. + i am an iranian sophomore english student and i have to give a lecture on this poem.i am really confused cos i cant understan it completely. mohammad from Iran Comment 27 of 28, added on September 28th, 2009 at 1:29 AM. i think this poem is great! It makes one think of the 'design' of life and death. Maybe death is actually perfect its own way.. Adam from United States Comment 26 of 28, added on September 21st, 2009 at 2:28 PM. I think that the line "a snow drop spider, a flower like a froth,'shows the spider to be something unsubstantial and trivial. The spider, I think represents god as a being not needed and debatable; either the deciaions he is said to make or whether he exists or not. Emmanuelle from Ireland More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Design, has received 28 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Robert Frost with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Robert Frost Poem: Design Volume: A Further Range Year: Published/Written in 1936 Last read: Nov 7 2009, 6:04PM Poem of the Day: Sep 14 2006 Viewed 40499 times. Added on September 21st, 2009 at 2:28 PM.

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