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Question
"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?
Solution
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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