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Literary Devices:
 Rhyme scheme: aabb (help-yelp, household – mouse-hold)
transferred epithet: terrified yelp
 Repetition: help help
 Poetic license: use of the word mouse-hold to rhyme with household

Stanza 10
But up jumped Custard, snorting like an engine,
Clashed his tail like irons in a dungeon,
With a clatter and a clank and a jangling squirm,
He went at the pirate like a robin at a worm.

Snorting: make a sudden explosive sound through one’s nose
Clashed: fought
Dungeon: underground prison
Clatter Clank: sound of hard object falling on each other
Jangling squirm: sound of hard object falling on each other
Robin: A bird

When all the other characters that were earlier defined as very brave got frightened, the
dragon did the most unexpected thing. He jumped onto the pirate and made such a strong
sound with his nose as if the engine was producing a sound. Not only this, he hit his tail on
the ground with great force that it produced a heavy sound of metal being rubbed against
each other in the underground prisons. He attacked the pirate just like robin bird that
attacks the worms.

Literary Devices:

 Rhyme scheme: aabb (engine-dungeon, squirm-worm)
 Simile: sound of dragon is compared with sound of engine (snorting like an
engine), Clashed his tail like irons in a dungeon, dragon’s attack on pirate is
compared to robin bird (like a robin at a worm)
 Onomatopoeia: usage of sound words to create a dramatic effect (clatter,
clank, jangling)
 Imagery: The attack by the dragon is expressed in a way to make an image in
our minds.
Stanza 11
The pirate gaped at Belinda’s dragon,
And gulped some grog from his pocket flagon,
He fired two bullets, but they didn’t hit,
And Custard gobbled him, every bit.

Gaped: stared with mouth wide open
Gulped: swallow
Grog: a drink
Flagon: a container made of silver in which drink is stored
Gobbled: swallowed hurriedly