Molina, Zeny Ann F.

BI701

DESIGN
by
ROBERT
FROST
A Poem Analysis
Molina, Zeny Ann

Contents

1 Summary of Design 3 Poetic Technique of

Design

2 Structure of Design 4 Analysis of Design

Molina, Zeny Ann

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,
Robert Frost
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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examining a spide
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Molina, Zeny Ann
‘Design’ by Robert Frost is a
fourteen-line sonnet that's
separated into two stanzas. The
1 primary is an octet, meaning it
contains eight lines (usually
Structure of the further divided into quatrains,
Poem sets of four lines). The second
stanza is a sestet or set of six
lines.

Another component that marks

‘Design’ as a Petrarchan piece is
2 the turn or volta. This can be a
move within the sonnet that can be
seen through a change in
storyteller, conviction or setting.
It can indeed comprise of an reply
to a address postured within the to
begin with half.
Poetic Technique
Alliteration
Alliteration happens when
words are used in progression,
or at least show up near
together, and start with the
same letter. It shows up a
number of times in this piece,
but some illustrations include
“flower” and “froth” in line
seven of the first stanza and
“design” and “darkness” in
line five of the second
stanza.
Juxtaposition
Juxtaposition shows up when two
contrasting things are set near on
e
another in order that
differentiate. A poet usually does
this in order to talk on a bigger
subject of their content or make
an
important point about the contrast
s
between these two things. For
instance, the moth is portrayed as
“white…stain cloth,” (white is fo
r
the most part a image of
immaculateness or blamelessness)
in
line three of the first stanza, an
d
the taking after reference to
“death and blight”.
Poetic Technique
Simile
Simile: "like a white piece of
rigid satin cloth". He uses
this because he wants to
compare the spider to a piece
of cloth.
Symbolism
Symbolism: "a dimpled spider", "a
moth". I think the spider
symbolizes something innocent that
people think is bad, and the moth
symbolizes something bad that
people think is good.
 Analysis of Design

Lines 1-4
In the first lines of ‘Design’, the
speaker starts by portraying a spider he
found. It showed up “fat” and “dimpled”.
These words, particularly dimpled, are
generally related with human beings. They
help to form a clear picture within the
reader’s mind of the shape and size of the
spider the speaker found. The another
lines give more detail. The spider was
white and Frost depicts through a simile,
how it was holding a “moth / Like a white
piece of unbending satin cloth”.
 Analysis of Design

Lines 5-8
When the fifth line starts, Frost picks up the
rhythm of ‘Design,’ making utilize of alliteration
and inner rhyme. These lines have a melodic
quality to them and so reference, to an even
greater degree, a potion. “death and blight” are
the two ingredients required to “begin the morning
right”. They are, he states, the parts of a
“witches’ broth”.
The next two lines return to the picture of the
spider on the flower with the moth. The moth is
“carried like a paper kite” by the spider. Its
dead wings are of obvious intrigued to the speaker
who referred to them within the first stanza as
“stain” and within the second as “a paper kite”.