"I always wanted to watch it very much," Robert Frost said after reading his poem "Design" to the audience. Then he added, "But I have always been afraid of my observations." What did Frost observe to scare him? Let's take a look at the problematic poem and see what we found.
Starting with the title "Design," any reader of this poem will find it full of meaning. Since "Webster's New World Dictionary" defines "design," the term can mean a plan, or "purpose; intention; goal." Some arguments about the existence of God [I remember starting from Sunday school] are based on "design arguments"; because the world shows a systematic order, there must be a designer to do it. But designing the word can also mean "a secret or sinister plan" - for example, we belong to the "designer." As we will see, Frost's poems contain all of these meanings. His poem raises an ancient philosophical question of whether there is a designer, an evil designer, or no designer at all. As the critics have said, Frost may read William James on this issue.
Like many other sonnets, "design" is divided into two parts. The first eight lines draw a spider-centric picture that initially looks almost jovial. It is dimples and fat like a baby or Santa Claus. It stands on a wild flower, its name, healed all, seems ironic: healing everything should cure any disease, but it certainly does not have the ability to restore the life of the dead moth. In the second line, we also found that spiders have another creature. We may feel sad for the moth immediately, if it is not the one applied in the third line: "It's like a white rigid satin." Suddenly, the moth becomes a creature, but a piece of fabric - but the satin is beautiful. Connotation. Satin is a luxurious material used in rich formal clothing such as coronation and bridal gowns.
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