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प्रश्न
"The Spider turned him round about, and went into his den,
For well he knew the silly Fly would soon come back again:"
Why is the poet using the word 'den' to describe the spider’s web?
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उत्तर
Wild animals live in their dens. Spider also has its web as its dwelling place. So the poet uses the word ‘den’.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Complete the table by identifying lines, against the poetic devices from the poem. One example is done for you.
| Poetic device | Lines from the poem |
| Alliteration | watch his woods |
| Personification | |
| Repetition | |
| Imagery |
And I watered it in fears
Night and morning with my tears;
How is ‘it’ watered?
And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright.
What does ‘it’ refer to?
Describe the effect of the poisonous fruit on the ‘enemy’.
Memorize the first two stanzas of the poem.
What is the poem about?
"With buzzy wings, she hung aloft, then near and nearer drew,
Thinking only of her brilliant eyes, and green and purple hue"
What was ‘she’ thinking of?
Seeming still, yet still in motion
Identify other examples from the poem for alliteration.
But I know no better spectacle,
Than a comet in full flight.
Who does 'I’ refer to?
But the gladdest sort of people, when the busy day is done,
Are the brothers and the sisters who together share their fun.
What does 'who' refer to?
