What is the summary of the poem -- the spider and the fly ? please give answer in very short paragraph. answer fast please.........
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Explain in detail the summary of the poem "The Spider and the Fly" by Mary Howitt.
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The spider flatters the fly to trap her into his parlor, and the fly is never seen again. While the fly at first rejects the spider's offers of food and comfort, she is tricked when he flatters her appearance. The poem ends with the speaker addressing the readers, telling them to never fall victim to flattery.
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In Howitt's 1828 children's poem, a spider tries different strategies to entice a fly into its home so he can kill and eat it. The spider is pictured as a smooth-talking gentleman and the fly as a female.
The spider initially tries to appeal to the fly's sense of curiosity to lure her into his home, but she sidesteps visiting him, saying she knows that those who go up to the parlor never come back down again. The spider next appeals to the fly's weariness, offering to tuck her into a bed with fine sheets. The fly repeats that she knows if she takes him up on the offer, she will never be seen again.
The spider now turns to offering the fly food from his pantry, but again his...
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The Spider and the Fly' by Mary Howitt describes the entrapment of a silly fly who gives into her own vanity and loses her life to a cunning spider. The poem begins with the speaker describing the first efforts of a spider to lure a fly into his dark and evil home.