quot;Range", 3), are deliberate understatements. Frost is trying to pull the attention away from the battle itself, and, instead, turn the focus on its extensive effects. Frost's decision to devote only 3 lines to actual actions from the battle reveals his intended focus; the consequences of a war. Frost seeks to exemplify the widespread effects through nature: a bird, a butterfly, and a spider.
             One of the first creatures affected by the battle in the poem is a butterfly that has come to rest
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