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he wasn’t able to do anything otherwise he would have been twice as brave as custard. Both
                    ink and blink also said that they would have been three times braver than custard. To this,
                    the dragon said that he fully agreed to this that all of them were more powerful and braver
                    than him.

                      Literary Devices:
                                Rhyme scheme: aabb (mustard-flustered, blink-ink, agree-me)

                    Stanza 14
                    Belinda still lives in her little white house,
                    With her little black kitten and her little grey mouse,
                    And her little yellow dog and her little red wagon,
                    And her realio, trulio little pet dragon.
                    Belinda is as brave as a barrel full of bears,
                    And Ink and Blink chase lions down the stairs,
                    Mustard is as brave as a tiger in a rage,
                    But Custard keeps crying for a nice safe cage

                    At last, the poet used the same lines again to show that after this terrific episode in which
                    the dragon was the hero where all the other characters still undermined him by saying that
                    they were more powerful than him and could have handled the situation in a much better
                    way, the poet says that life started again in the same manner. Belinda still lives in that little
                    white house with ink, blink, mustard and custard and all of them are very brave whereas the
                    dragon is still a coward who always wants to stay safe in his cage.

                      Literary Devices

                              Refrain: Repetition of a sentence again and again (And a realio, trulio)
                              Repetition: stanza has been repeated

                    CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING
                    Q1- Who are the characters in this poem? List them with their pet names.

                    Q2- Why did Custard cry for a nice safe cage? Why is the dragon called “cowardly dragon”?

                    Q3- “Belinda tickled him, she tickled him unmerciful...” Why?

                    Q4- The poet has employed many poetic devices in the poem. For example: “Clashed his tail
                    like iron in a dungeon” — the poetic device here is a simile. Can you, with your partner, list
                    some more such poetic devices used in the poem?

                    Q5- Read stanza three again to know how the poet describes the appearance of the dragon?

                    Q6- Can you find out the rhyme scheme of two or three stanzas of the poem?

                    Q7-- Writers use words to give us a picture or image without actually saying what they
                    mean. Can you trace some images used in the poem?
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