Insect Allusions, Definition, Citation, Reference, Information - Allusion to Insect

1. archy literary cockroach that cannot reach shift-key on the typewriter. [Am. Lit.: archy and mehitabel; Benét, 46]
2. bread-and-butter-fly its body is a crust; lives on weak tea. [Br. Lit.: Lewis Carroll Through the Looking-glass]
3. Charlotte’s Web story of a spider who saves a young girl’s pet pig. [Am. Lit.: E. B. White Charlotte’s Web]
4. gnat chicken-sized insect that tells Alice all about other strange insects. [Br. Lit.: Lewis Carroll Through the Looking-glass]
5. Metamorphosis Gregor Samsa turned into a huge insect. [Ger. Lit.: Kafka Metamorphosis]
6. rocking-horse-fly wooden insect feeds on sap and sawdust. [Br. Lit.: Lewis Carroll Through the Looking-glass]
7. snap-dragon-fly has a body of plum pudding and lives on mince pie. [Br. Lit.: Lewis Carroll Through the Looking-glass]