Monday, January 13, 2003

"In White": Frost's Early Version Of Design Comments

Rating: 3.2

A dented spider like a snow drop white
On a white Heal-all, holding up a moth
Like a white piece of lifeless satin cloth -
Saw ever curious eye so strange a sight? -
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Robert Frost
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Sylvia Frances Chan 20 May 2021

Once again: Congratulations on being chosen as The Modern Poem Of The Day! A finest poem about natural Design

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Sylvia Frances Chan 20 May 2021

A very cozy poem by Robert Frost, so loveliest put into poem,5 Stars for this cute poem, crystal clearly conveyed. I have enjoyed enormously. Congratulations for the nearest of kin of Robert Frost. A beautiful Design.

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Ayoade 07 July 2020

Nice poem Keep inking

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Dr Antony Theodore 31 March 2020

What had that flower to do with being white, The blue prunella every child's delight. What brought the kindred spider to that height? the design of the darkness of night.... wonderful. tony

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Shaun Cronick 31 March 2020

That's life, that's nature. A well written poem by Robert Frost the great observer of nature.

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Banamala Sen 04 October 2019

Robert Frost - The Poet Of Nature!

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Chinedu Dike 04 October 2019

A beautiful creation nicely brought forth in verse with rhythmic splendour........................................................

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Kumarmani Mahakul 04 October 2019

What brought the kindred spider to that height? (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? ........touching expression with lofty theme. Beautiful poem.

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Anil Kumar Panda 04 October 2019

It makes very interesting reading. Enjoyed thoroughly. Thanks for sharing.

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Aniruddha Pathak 04 October 2019

A spider and a flower, the spider weaving its web, the poet too his poem's theme, and with economy of words... and rhymes too, only two rhymes all thru, and the result is beautiful, and what else when the poet in question is Robert Frost.

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Mahi Priyanka Raj 21 April 2019

The poetry with delight and wisdom. Always full of imagery and great use of metaphor! excellent piece of Frost

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Douglas Scotney 31 March 2019

not fair to darkness, nor night

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The poem takes us to a thoughtful world to answer the poet's questions, " What had that flower to do with being white" etc.

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Ramesh T A 31 March 2019

White colour camouflaging the spider to weave its web to catch moth to fly as kite is a wonderful composition of Robert Frost!

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Bhargabi Dei Mahakul 31 March 2019

This is great pleasure to read such a nice poem of great poet, the number one poet of the world., who is evergreen, who considers drop of snow as dented spider and who recognizes the lifeless stained cloth as well as curiosity of strange sight in his eyes.

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Castellenas John 31 March 2019

Amazing use of words and description by the great poet.

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Mahtab Bangalee 31 March 2019

beautifully penned- The beady spider, the flower like a froth, And the moth carried like a paper kite. .../// great expression

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Practicing Poetess 04 October 2018

The master Robert Frost has crafted a lovely poem about a spider and unfortunate moth.

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Savita Tyagi 04 October 2018

Nature’s ways are so difficult to question. Great poem by Robers Frost.

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Oduro Bright Amoh 04 October 2018

Robert Frost question the natural moral order where the moth has to die so the spider can survive with beautiful imagery. The poem even considers that somehow the blue prunella played a part in the demise of the moth even though it is every child's delight. the imagery in this poem is very phenomenal.

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