Poetry analyse

In Robert Frost 's poem , Design , there is a distinct separation in the poem between the octet and sestet . This break in the poem seems to serve as a transition in Frost 's thoughts about what he is seeing . In the octet , Frost describes the spider and heal-all which he seems to observe as nothing more than coincidental , but interesting theless The sestet gives the poem a darker feel , as Frost contemplates what the spider and the moth in a different sense . Frost uses the white moth as representative of innocence and purity

, and compares the wings of the heal-all to that of satin . Frost compares the spider to evil , by closing the poem with What but design of darkness to appall ' In a sense Frost makes this simplistic poem into a complex investigation of whether there is a God . The rhyme scheme in Design ' is interesting in that the last word of each line invokes images of either purity and innocence or darkness and evil . For example , some of these words are : white right , blight , night , and appall . These words all have strong imagery tied to them . This ties into the theme of the poem , which is innocence versus evil

Frost 's poem , In White ' is very different from his revised version Design . In the octet alone , Frost made many changes to the wording used in his poem . In the first line , Frost changed his reference to the spider from dented ' and snow drop white ' to dimpled ' and fat and white . Frost changed the way that the reader envisions the spider by deleting the snow drop white , which gives the sense of purity to the spider . Frost also edits the moth 's from lifeless ' to rigid . He also changes the following line from Saw ever curious eye so strange a sight ' to Assorted characters of death and blight . This adds to the dark feel of the poem by inserting the word rigid , and including the words death ' and blight . These words give a sense of darkness and hopelessness to the moth 's predicament . In the final line of the octet , Frost refers to the moth as dead wings rather than moth , which also adds to the darkness of the poem . In the sestet , Frost also makes several changes to the words in his poem Frost changes the wording of the second line from The blue prunella every child 's delight ' to The wayside blue and innocent heal-all which adds to the already evident sense of purity and innocence of the heal-all . This increases the reader 's sympathy for the moth , as well The final three lines of the poem are entirely different from each other . The original version reads , Make we no thesis of the miller 's plight . What but design of darkness and of night ? Design , design ! Do I use the word aright ' whereas the revised poem reads , Then steered the white moth thither in the night ? What but design of darkness to appall ? If design...