DESIGNS
Robert Frost
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.
ANALYSIS:
In the first stanza, the
speaker opens by describing a white spider hunting a white moth on a
heal-all. A heal-all is a flower having medicinal properties who
holds the moth. But like life, we can never resist the force of evil surrounding us which in this case is the spider. A hungry spider looking for something to eat to ease its hunger. This also implies that darkness or evil is everywhere, we may think we are unprotected.
The second stanza, it implies that human as we are, we are like the moth on a flower, who is innocent. Nothing can stop the evil force who lurks to bring danger in our life . No matter how hard we try to hide and find security, evil will definitely find its way bringing fear and darkness.
Generally the poem talks about life, its dark and light side. Even in small things in which human might not even want to pay attention, the very nature of life is shown. In this case the life of the moth in a flower who eventually found by the spider who is bringing danger. We can also say that the poem is implying or questioning the very nature of life given by God. Like the moth battle against the spider, we humans who is guided and protected by God battle against the evil who lurks.
The second stanza, it implies that human as we are, we are like the moth on a flower, who is innocent. Nothing can stop the evil force who lurks to bring danger in our life . No matter how hard we try to hide and find security, evil will definitely find its way bringing fear and darkness.
Generally the poem talks about life, its dark and light side. Even in small things in which human might not even want to pay attention, the very nature of life is shown. In this case the life of the moth in a flower who eventually found by the spider who is bringing danger. We can also say that the poem is implying or questioning the very nature of life given by God. Like the moth battle against the spider, we humans who is guided and protected by God battle against the evil who lurks.
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