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प्रश्न
And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright.
What does ‘it’ refer to?
उत्तर
It refers to anger, which is personified to the ‘poison tree’.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
In which way is the reaction of the speaker different from that of the horse? What does it convey?
What are the sounds heard by the poet?
The poet is aware of two choices. What are they? What choice does he make ultimately?
It takes much time to kill a tree,
Not a simple jab of the knife Will do it.
Why does it take much time to kill a tree?
"The Spider turned him round about, and went into his den,
For well he knew the silly Fly would soon come back again:"
Why was the spider sure that the fly would come back again?
"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?
"And now dear little children, who may this story read,
To idle, silly flattering words, I pray you ne’er give heed:"
What is the advice given to the readers?
What happens if we fall a prey to flattery? Give instances from the poem 'The Spider and the Fly’.
Over rocks, by rose-banks, sweeping
Like impetuous youth.
Which stage of man is compared here?
Mention the rhyme scheme of the poem.
