What are the four ways in which the spider tried to lure the fly.

The spider refers to its web as the 'parlour' but later the narrator calls it a den? Why is this so?

Who wrote this poem

What makes the fly change her mind and enter the spider's den?

Think of the character traits of the spider and the fly. Which three adjectives would you use to describe the spider and the fly.

A similie is a figure of a speech that directly compares two different things by employing the words 'as' or 'like' a metaphor is a figure of a speech in which an indirect comparison is made between two objects that seem dissimilar but actually have things in common. Pick out an example each of a similie and a metaphor from the poem.

What is the meaning of 'fable'? Is this poem an example of a 'fable'? Why do you think so?