Design By Robert Frost Analysis

People often use the phrase “everything happens for a reason” to give a reason or explanation to someone after something bad just happened it that person’s life. The reality of this though is that everything does happen for a reason because all aspects of life are connected. The idea is that there is destiny in life and that is what brings pieces together in this world. For example, Robert Frost in his poem, “Design” uses all three images of the spider, flower, and moth in the poem to show how they are all connected. Although their differences are highlighted throughout the poem, they all rely upon each other creating a sense of connection.
Frost heavily uses similes to create a specific scene for the reader to set the scene. Using similes
For example, Frost uses the phrase “rigid satin cloth” where the word rigid is hard, and on the other hand satin cloth has a softer connotation. The spider is white, the heal-all is white, and the moth is white. All the images are white for a reason. The color white adds a softer image of death so the reader does not think of it as having a deeper meaning, other than the circle of life. The moth was placed on this Earth to serve its purpose and to help the spider. Since all three images are similarly white, there is a sense of elegance and light on an event of death, where the traditional color would be black. People wear black to mourn at funerals. White for a funeral is ironic. This is just one layer of irony Frost uses throughout the
The last question is where this idea surfaces, basically asking how did all of this happen. The final line, “If design govern in a thing so small”, encompasses the whole idea of God’s design of the earth and how each individual part of Earth is connected in some way or another. What brought these images together? God. There is no other explanation of this event occurring than being created by a designer, giving reason behind the title of