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Comment 13 of 23, added on January 17th, 2006 at 5:24 PM.
I think that those views are all good, but when I read the poem I got a bit
of a different perspective about it. When I read the line
What had that flower to do with being white,
I sat there and asked myself what did the flower to do with being white,
why does he ask this?--then I thought
hey maybe it's all in the design... the spider's design, the spider's evil
design....I think that it was the spider's design/plan to go to the white
flower, because the spider himself was white (therefore the spider was
camoflauged)and he knew that the white flower was rare and attractive to
the moth so there was more chance of the moth going to that flower.I think
that thats what the flower had to do with being white.
and I think that in the lines
What but design of darkness to appall?--
If design govern in a thing so small.
It seems like he's saying if such design govern in a thing so small (as a
spider), just think of the evil design that could exist in greater things.
Thats just what came to mind when I read it.
Marrah from United States
Comment 12 of 23, added on December 19th, 2005 at 11:24 AM.
NOT BAd i liked how frost displays da spyder
JIMMY from United States
Comment 11 of 23, added on December 11th, 2005 at 7:43 PM.
HAHA, none of you myopic poetry psychos regognized the inverted sonnet form
the poem is written in. This shows that frost is trying to convey the
"inverted" nature of...nature. Further proof that poetry is too abstract
and intentionally vague to be a real art form.
Griffin
Comment 10 of 23, added on November 29th, 2005 at 12:44 AM.
This poem is reflective. It makes fearful images to life and turns
negative images arround to a positive one. Nice poem!
Sherwin from United States
Comment 9 of 23, added on October 25th, 2005 at 12:18 AM.
This poem was written at the time when the concept of divine "design" was
prevalent; this "design" is the ultimate control over life and death.
Robert Frost, by portraying this gruesome scene of a spider devouring a
moth as a beautiful, natural phenomenon, denies this concept and conveys
his message that everything happens spontaneously and without any "design"
behind it.
Gina from United States
Comment 8 of 23, added on October 9th, 2005 at 9:30 PM.
Frost in the poem "Design" builds on the literal natural situation to build
an argument for critical and existential thought. The grand metaphor of
the "small"-ness of the events compared to our own smallness and aloneness
in the universe builds on ideas of life as meaningless. The poem certainly
calls into question the existance of a god. Pascal said "the silence of
these infinite spaces frighten me"... it seems to me that Frost is
questioning these same ideas.
Dave from United States
Comment 7 of 23, added on October 2nd, 2005 at 7:11 PM.
I believe this poem is showing everything happens for a reason, or as
suggested by the title design.
theo files from United States
Comment 6 of 23, added on September 26th, 2005 at 4:48 PM.
I think Frost is asking us to question stereotypes in this poem. "What had
that flower to do with being white?" he asks, as if to be white demands
living up to the stereotype of innocence. The drama and beauty of nature
applies to creatures of all colors. The spider is no more guilty than the
moth, no more evil. This is not a poem about good and evil, it is about
nature and its equanimity. Though we think of black as the color of death,
nature has no such bias.
benosnje from United States
Comment 5 of 23, added on September 14th, 2005 at 6:09 PM.
From the very first line, the spider in Robert Frost’s Design is quite
unusual. A white spider is something most people don’t see everyday
meaning- pay attention to that detail. Is the intense irony of the all
white flower, moth and spider just an incredible coincidence? White in this
poem could be a symbol of purity or innocence. In the life process, nature
just happens; making it pure and neutral. This situation makes the reader
wonder how three very unusually colored beings are all interacting in the
same place at the same time. The poem suggests “ultimate design”- that
these three pure things, just going about their business, are not engaged
in an evil practice but involved in something so much bigger than
themselves. The three beings are engaged in this completely beautiful,
intriguing and terrifying “ultimate design”. Frost could have made all of
these things black- a symbol for all of the death and darkness that this
event is. However, by choosing to make these beings white, the poet decides
to play off the irony of three things, so pure of color committing an act
so dark. The unintentional cruelty of nature is being displayed in this
poem.
L
Comment 4 of 23, added on September 7th, 2005 at 3:11 PM.
I think that Frost is trying to articulate that looks can be deceiving. I
mean the moth, spider, and the flower are all described white in color
which obviously signifies purity and innocence. Thus, the moth was deceived
by this white appearance of the spider and got killed. Moreover, all of
this took place on the white heal-all(flower).
Tenzin from United States
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I think that those views are all good, but when I read the poem I got a bit
of a different perspective about it. When I read the line
What had that flower to do with being white,
I sat there and asked myself what did the flower to do with being white,
why does he ask this?--then I thought
hey maybe it's all in the design... the spider's design, the spider's evil
design....I think that it was the spider's design/plan to go to the white
flower, because the spider himself was white (therefore the spider was
camoflauged)and he knew that the white flower was rare and attractive to
the moth so there was more chance of the moth going to that flower.I think
that thats what the flower had to do with being white.
and I think that in the lines
What but design of darkness to appall?--
If design govern in a thing so small.
It seems like he's saying if such design govern in a thing so small (as a
spider), just think of the evil design that could exist in greater things.
Thats just what came to mind when I read it.
Marrah from United States