Robert Frost's “Design” is a poem about discovering natural cruelty in the serenity of nature, a melody of understanding. When reading the first line, a bit like the whole poem, whose tone is a joke, the rhythm constructs an image which transforms into something else. In “Design,” the pleasant discovery progresses gradually through a sequence of contradictory images. . Frost uses imagery, allegory, and characterization to achieve what can only be described as an iconic American poem. This essay will analyze Frost's "Design", interpreting the underlying message and overall theme that Frost may have been trying to convey. To begin with, the title refers to the idea, as William James writes in Pragmatism, "the existence of God has from time immemorial been taken to be proved by certain natural facts... Such mutual adjustment of things d “Diverse origins supported design, it was regarded and the designer was always treated as a man-loving deity” (James, ne). At the beginning, the joyfully insightful walker on the backroads: "I found a dimple..." (593) the iambic rhythm completes a tone of pleasant astonishment With the introduction of "spider", he betrays, and in “big” and “white”, the. The dimpled insect seems less friendly. Additionally, in the next line, “On a white healer…” the verse evokes innocence and fortification (Frost, 593). blue flower, this is how Frost suggests the purity of the situation. Next, the spider, “wielding a moth,” brings out the evil or cruelty that is nature. Frost emphasizes this in the following line: “Like a white piece of stiff satin cloth” (Frost, 593). His play on words here is prodigious, "a white piece of satin cloth" (Frost, 593), this stanza demonstrates ...... middle of paper ...... considered by many scholars to be his best work . It is through his awareness of merit, of the definitive disconnection of nature and man, that is most visible in this poem. Throughout this essay, Frost's messages of innocence, evil, and design by divine intrusion resonate faithfully to his own personal view of man and nature. This is how Frost expresses the ideology of a benign deity. Works Cited Frost, Robert. “Design” literature: a pocket anthology. Ed. RS Gwynn. 5th ed. New York: 2012 593. Print.James, William. "Pragmatism." Columbia University, New York. January 1907. Conference. Internet. February 24, 2012.< http://www.authorama.com/book/pragmatism.html>NA, . “A Critical Analysis of Robert Frost’s “Design”.” Academic help. Academic Help, October 8, 2010. Web. February 16 2012. .