In the poem "Design" written by Robert Frost, the classic use of the color white, generally referring to innocence and purity, is representatively contradicted. Instead of giving this color to wholesome, pure objects, he gives them to objects that typically represent death and darkness. The first line talks about a fat white spider. This line contradicts the reputation that spiders have. When a spider is seen, fat or skinny, it is usually black. I hate …showed first 75 words of 902 total…

…showed last 75 words of 902 total…whereabouts. I think that the spider was on that flower simply because he could be. It seems to me that the best explanation for this poem is that the almighty creator does not have to follow any rules in what he does. There is nothing set in stone that states that objects representing evil cannot appear innocent. People need to see for themselves what something is really about and not judge it by its appearance.