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  1. Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The cricket who kept enjoying during the summer season is in problem as it is winter now and he has neither anything to eat nor shelter to save itself from chilling cold. Hence he goes to the ant and requests him to lend him some food and shelter. He (the cricket) promises to return back him everythRead more

    The cricket who kept enjoying during the summer season is in problem as it is winter now and he has neither anything to eat nor shelter to save itself from chilling cold. Hence he goes to the ant and requests him to lend him some food and shelter. He (the cricket) promises to return back him everything by the next day.

    Listening this, the ant says that the ants neither lend nor borrow anything from others and asks him what he was during the summer season.

    The cricket replies that he did not care about gathering food and making shelter from himself. Instead he kept singing and enjoying during the summer. The ant says that he kept enjoying during summer, he should do the same in the winters as well. Saying this he kicks the cricket out of his house.

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    Following are the figures of speech used in the poem The Ant and the Cricket: Personification: When humans characteristics are given to animals or non-living things, it is called personification. The ant and the cricket are personified as humans as they are talking and thinking like humans. MetaphorRead more

    Following are the figures of speech used in the poem The Ant and the Cricket:

    1. Personification: When humans characteristics are given to animals or non-living things, it is called personification. The ant and the cricket are personified as humans as they are talking and thinking like humans.
    2. Metaphor: It is the comparison of two things. In the last line “Some crickets have four legs, and some have two“, the poet compares lazy and careless people with the cricket.

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    The phrase lifted the wicket simply means that the ant, after listening to the cricket says to him that he kept enjoying during the summer and should do the same now in the winters and kicks him out of his house. Read summary of this poem.

    The phrase lifted the wicket simply means that the ant, after listening to the cricket says to him that he kept enjoying during the summer and should do the same now in the winters and kicks him out of his house.

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    The cricket kept singing and enjoying during the summer season. He did this because it was greenery and warm everywhere. There was plenty of food. He thought that this will remain forever. He did not care about winters and its harshness. He did not know that there will be chilling cold and shortageRead more

    The cricket kept singing and enjoying during the summer season. He did this because it was greenery and warm everywhere. There was plenty of food. He thought that this will remain forever. He did not care about winters and its harshness. He did not know that there will be chilling cold and shortage of food.

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    The cricket did not save anything because he thought that the beauty and warmth of summer season will remain forever. He kept singing all the time and never cared about the future i.e. harsh and chilling winters in which there is no food and shelter. Read summary of this poem.

    The cricket did not save anything because he thought that the beauty and warmth of summer season will remain forever. He kept singing all the time and never cared about the future i.e. harsh and chilling winters in which there is no food and shelter.

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    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.

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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.

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    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 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.

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    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. 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.

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    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 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.

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