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Within his little parlour but she ne’er came down again.Īnd now, my pretty maidens, who may this story hear, He dragg’d her up his winding stair, into his dismal den, Up jump’d the cruel Spider, and firmly held her fast! Thinking only of her brilliant wings, poor silly thing! at last, Thinking only of her crested head and gold and purple hue: With humming wings she hung aloft, then nearer and nearer drew. Hearing his wily flattering words, came slowly fluttering by. The Spider turn’d him round again, and went into his den,įor well he knew that silly Fly would soon come back again.Īnd then he wore a tiny web, in a little corner sly,Īnd set his table ready for to dine upon the Fly Īnd went out to his door again, and merrily did sing,Ĭome hither, pretty little Fly, with the gold and silver wing.Īlas, alas! how very soon this silly little Fly, Oh, thank you, gentle sir, she said, for what you’re pleased to say Īnd wishing you good morning now, I’ll call another day. If you’ll step in one moment, dear, you shall behold yourself. I have a little looking-glass upon my parlour-shelf How handsome are your gaudy wings, how brilliant are your eyes! Sweet creature, said the Spider, you’re witty and you’re wise Oh, no, no! said the little Fly kind sir, that cannot be įor I know what’s in your pantry, and I do not wish to see. I’m sure you’re very welcome will you please to take a slice! I have within my parlour great store of all that’s nice: To prove the warm affection I have ever felt tor you? Said the cunning Spider to the Fly, Dear friend, what can I do Oh, no, no! said the little Fly to ask me is in vain:įor who goes up that winding stair shall ne’er come down again.
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The way into my parlour is up a winding stair,Īnd I have many pretty things to shew when you get there. ‘Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy. Will you walk into my parlour, said a Spider to a Fly This is evident in Mary Howitt’s Poem ” The Spider and the Fly.” The writer deliberately chooses to downplay the significance or seriousness of a situation or an event. Understatement is the exact opposite of a hyperbole. The reader feels the tiredness of the weary traveler. Other times it can happen with repetition like in Robert Frost’s famous poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” Read the poem aloud. Sometimes that’s done in a single statement. Look specifically at the strong action verbs to find the human traits that are attributed to the wind and storm.Ī hyperbole is an exaggeration of the truth in order to create an effect. Till even the comforting barn grows far away How the cold creeps as the fire dies at length,. When the wind works against us in the dark,Īnd whispers with a sort of stifled bark, Robert Frost did that in his poem “Storm Fear.”
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Because there are bird images throughout the poem, it is called an extended metaphor poem.Ī personification involves giving a non-human, inanimate object the qualities of a person. Notice that Emily Dickinson compared hope to a bird–the thing with feathers.
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Read Emily Dickinson’s poem “Hope Is the Thing with Feathers.” He wrote, “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun.”Ī metaphor compares one to another by saying one thing is another. In this sonnet, Shakespeare’s simile in the first line is a contrast where one thing is not like or as something else. My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:Īnd yet by heaven, I think my love as rare, That music hath a far more pleasing sound: I love to hear her speak, yet well I know Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I have seen roses damask’d, red and white,Īnd in some perfumes is there more delight If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun Ĭoral is far more red, than her lips red: Five common ones are simile, metaphor, personification, hypberbole, and understatement.Ī simile compares one thing to another by using the words like or as. Read Shakespeare’s poem “Sonnet 130.” Several types of figures of speech exist for them to choose from. Poets use figures of speech in their poems. On the other hand, figurative language creates meaning by comparing one thing to another thing. Literal language states exactly what something is. The meaning of language can be literal or figurative.