... ordinary annoyance at a face that doesn't fit in, though white' out a place begins to seem like black. The next question ( What brought the kindred spider . . .), in a voice of lost innocence, brings a new note and a harsher irony with kindred' (as if the sweet flower and the spider had conspired to arrive at exactly that height and place). Steered' is more sinister, and with ... ...
... spider, a flower like a froth, And dead wings carried like a paper kite. What has that flower to do with being white, The wayside blue and innocent heal-all? What brought the kindred spider to that height, Then steered the white moth thither in the night? What but design to appal?- If design govern in a thing so small. Frost uses the colour white ... for this tragedy because he refers to each of them with sympathy. For example, the narrator refers to the flower as "an innocent heal-all", and to the spider as "kindred". He also points out that the white, blameless, moth was "steered" tow...
... the speaker does not have a negative attitude toward nor blames the spider the flower, or the moth. The speaker calls the heal-all "innocent," and describes the spider as being "kindred" to the flower. In the sestet, the speaker comments on the irony and unlikely ness of the situation. He finds it hard to fathom that these three objects have compounded ... ...
... spider, a flower like froth, And dead wings carried like a paper kite. What had that flower to do with being white? The wayside blue and innocent heal-all? What brought the kindred spider to that height? Then steered the white moth thither in the night? What but design of darkness to appall?--If design govern in a thing so small. Usually, the color ... ...
