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The cricket says so to the ant because it has neither food to eat nor shelter to save itself from harsh weather. He is helpless, hungry, weak and about to die. Read summary of this poem.
The cricket says so to the ant because it has neither food to eat nor shelter to save itself from harsh weather. He is helpless, hungry, weak and about to die.
See lessThe theme of the poem The Ant and The Cricket is that hard work always pays and carelessness always lead to suffering. The ant made the best use of its time. He collected food and made shelter for itself. Hence he was able to survive during the chilling winters. On the other hand, the cricket kept sRead more
The theme of the poem The Ant and The Cricket is that hard work always pays and carelessness always lead to suffering. The ant made the best use of its time. He collected food and made shelter for itself. Hence he was able to survive during the chilling winters.
On the other hand, the cricket kept singing during the summer. He thought that the comfort of this season will remain forever. But the time changed. Winter appeared. The cricket had nothing to eat and no shelter.
Thus every person should be like ant and not cricket because those who work hard remain happy in tough times while those who don’t have to suffer.
See lessThe line simply means that there are insects like the cricket who do not care about winters and keep enjoying during the summer. And also there are people (two legs here refer to humans) who are like cricket. They waste their youth and suffer when the time is gone. Read summary of this poem.
The line simply means that there are insects like the cricket who do not care about winters and keep enjoying during the summer. And also there are people (two legs here refer to humans) who are like cricket. They waste their youth and suffer when the time is gone.
See lessThe ant's principles are correct. He made the best use of the spring and summer seasons. He did not waste his time. He gathered food and made shelter for himself. On the other hand, the cricket remained careless about the future. The ant did right by kicking the cricket out of his home. It would havRead more
The ant’s principles are correct. He made the best use of the spring and summer seasons. He did not waste his time. He gathered food and made shelter for himself. On the other hand, the cricket remained careless about the future.
The ant did right by kicking the cricket out of his home. It would have taught a good lesson to him as well as people like him who do not care about their future and keep wasting their time.
See lessThe central idea of the poem is that one should make the best use of his time like the ant. The spring or the good time does not remain forever. It is short and goes away quickly and is followed by harsh time. Those who work hard during the spring time lead comfortable life even during the harsh timRead more
The central idea of the poem is that one should make the best use of his time like the ant. The spring or the good time does not remain forever. It is short and goes away quickly and is followed by harsh time.
Those who work hard during the spring time lead comfortable life even during the harsh times. On the other hand, those who waste their precious time have to suffer throughout their life because time never comes back.
See lessThe cricket was accustomed to singing all the time during the season of spring and summer. It did not care about gathering food or making shelter for harsh weather of winter. Read summary of this poem.
The cricket was accustomed to singing all the time during the season of spring and summer. It did not care about gathering food or making shelter for harsh weather of winter.
See lessThe poem The Ant and the Cricket is written by Greek writer Aesop. Read summary of this poem.
The poem The Ant and the Cricket is written by Greek writer Aesop. Read summary of this poem.
See lessThe moral of the poem The Ant and the Cricket is that we should work hard when we are young and energetic. At such a time, we have everything like food and shelter as our parents take our care. However this time does not remain forever. When we grow up, we have to face the challenges of life which aRead more
The moral of the poem The Ant and the Cricket is that we should work hard when we are young and energetic. At such a time, we have everything like food and shelter as our parents take our care. However this time does not remain forever.
When we grow up, we have to face the challenges of life which are hard. If we make best use of our time during youth, we will never suffer in our old age.
However, if we waste our time in enjoying and remaining careless, we will have to suffer throughout the life.
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Lucifer
The poet calls the cricket silly i.e. a fool because he did not made appropriate use of his time. During the summer season there was plenty of food as well as material available for making shelter. However he did not care about the future. He thought that the joy of summer and spring will remain forRead more
The poet calls the cricket silly i.e. a fool because he did not made appropriate use of his time. During the summer season there was plenty of food as well as material available for making shelter. However he did not care about the future.
He thought that the joy of summer and spring will remain forever. Hence he kept singing. When the winters appeared, he had nothing to eat nor shelter to save himself from chilling cold.
Read summary of this poem.
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