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Design"Design" is a sonnet by Robert Frost that like many of Frost's works reflects on simple, natural phenomena in a way that illuminates profound philosophical and human issues. The surface level of...
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DesignIn "Design," Robert Frost's general question seems a rather skeptical one: Just how involved is the Creator with his creations? In other words, is there truly a "design" to all that is in the...
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DesignRobert Frost's "Design" illuminates the speaker's reflection on a spider's web. As a side note, given it is proper to denote the narrator of the poem as being the one to attribute feelings to, one...
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DesignIn this poem by Robert Frost, he brings out questions that seem to resonate through literature of every time period. He is contemplating life and death, good and evil, and their origins. Upon...
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DesignRobert Frost’s brief poem titled “Design” does not use blank verse, if only because the poem rhymes. The usual definition of “blank verse” involves unrhymed lines of ten syllables, with...
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DesignPerhaps echoing the words of Hamlet, "Nothing is either good or bad, but thinking makes it so, Frost's superbly constructed sonnet, "Design," underscores the observation that perception often...
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DesignNormally, the colour white is associated with life and innocence. In much of Christian iconography, white is the colour of purity, used for christening gowns, altar linens, Easter, etc. Darkness...
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DesignWhat parallels do you see between the natural scene presented in Robert Frost's poem "Design" and...Various parallels exist between the “real” situation Robert Frost depicts in his poem “Design” and the ways the speaker presents that situation in the poem. The speaker claims to have seen...
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DesignFirst, one must understand what tone is. According to Brooklyn Academics' Literary Term page, tone is defined by the following: the writer's attitude toward the material and/or readers. By...
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DesignCentral to this poem is the way that the spider, the flower and the moth are symbols of death, destruction and decay. Notice how Frost describes them as "Assorted characters of death and blight"...
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Design"If design govern in a thing so small" asks whether some greater power brought together the odd assortment of creatures and nature. What are the chances that a white spider would be on a...
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DesignYou can compare this poem to "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," which is set in nature: a dark, snowy night in the woods near a farmhouse. Both poems use sensory imagery, which...
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DesignThe broadest philosophical view in this sonnet is that in order there is meaning. This is communicated through the poem's final couplet, which underscore the meaning of design in large and small...
