... butterfly and I had lit upon, Nevertheless, a message from the dawn, That made me hear the wakening birds around, And hear his long scythe whispering to the ground, And feel a spirit kindred to my own; So that henceforth I worked no more alone; But glad with him, I worked as with his aid, And weary, sought at noon with him the shade; And dreaming ... to look at a tall tuft of Flowers beside a brook and where these flowers, in turn, direct his attention to signs of work having been done by another man with "A spirit kindred to my own; so that henceforth I worked no more alone. The Tuft o...

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... 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 ... ...

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... 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...

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... of nature and the harshness associated with it. However, in the sestet there is a change in mood. Frost questions how such a thing could happen. He says "what brought the kindred spider to that height then steered the white moth thither to the night". In my opinion, this line showcases how this was meant to happen. It's almost like the ... ...

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... it is a lot more difficult if evil is portrayed as white. "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"(1009)? Here Frost suggests if there is an overall design ... ...

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... 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 ... ...

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