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प्रश्न
In your own words give a detailed description of:
The Spider’s Parlour
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उत्तर
The story “The spider and the fly” tells of a cunning Spider who ensnares a naive fly through the use of seduction and flattery. The spider invites the fly to his parlour. The way to the parlour is up a winding stair. It is the prettiest little parlour that the fly had ever spied. There are many curious things. The spider wants to show them to the fly. There is a little bed to rest upon. There are pretty curtains drawn around. The sheets are fine and thin. On the whole, the spider’s parlour is the best and the prettiest.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
Whom does ‘he’ refer to?
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near.
Who is the speaker?
The poet is aware of two choices. What are they? What choice does he make ultimately?
What might have caused the conflict which led to the poet becoming angry with his enemy? Think of one such situation that you have experienced. Describe how you felt and how the enmity grew and things became worse.
Memorize the first two stanzas of the poem.
Complete the table by identifying lines, against the poetic devices from the poem.
| Poetic lines | Poetic Devices/Figures of Speech |
| It takes much time to kill a tree. | |
| The bleeding bark will heal. | |
| Out of the anchoring earth |
Have you ever been to a river?
Bright you sparkle on your way;
O’er the yellow pebbles dancing,
Through the flowers and foliage glancing, Like a child at play.
Pick out the rhyming words.
There are some who seem to fancy that for gladness they must roam,
That for smiles that are the brightest they must wander far from home.
Why do they roam?
It's the stick-together family that wins the joys of earth,
That hears the sweetest music and that finds the finest mirth;
Who wins the joys of the earth?
