formalization overkill?

One poem that stuck out to me out of the works of Robert Frost is one of his shorter poems called "Design". The overall structure of the poem seems to be overly dominated by similes and metaphors. Examples include "I found a dimpled spider, fat and white, on a white heal-all, holding up a moth like a white piece of rigid satin cloth" and "like the ingredients of a witches broth". Frost uses the characters of a moth and a spider as a metaphor in his writing to further emphasize the point he is trying to get across. His overall form is very "by the book" when using these different types of comparisons and very difficult to understand. For the common person reading this, confusion can be prevalent because the type of language used in the poem is very formal like. At first glance, even for me, the poem's linguistics distracted me from trying to understand the meaning of the poem.

Another poet I found, Christine Shan Shan Hou, writes a poem with some similarities and glaring differences in her writing. Her poem, "Heavy Head Cubism" talks about the modernization of the world and how civilization has taken over some of the more peaceful things in life. First off, she uses different similes and comparisons in a couple places, for instance " I am cruelest
when bumbling and weeping like a paper lily hiding from rain." Opposed to Frost's poem, Hou uses more modern language in her writings. Obviously, Frost has his own time period working against him, but for me, Hou's poem was that much more easy to read and understand. Sometimes being too formal in your writing is overkill. Don't get me wrong, Frost's poem is great but sometimes you don't need the full display to get what something means. http://lemonhound.com/2013/12/22/christine-shan-shan-hou-three-poems/