Ogden nash custard the dragon5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() In the seventh stanza, the poet used an incorrect spelling as a poetic device such as ‘winda’ instead of ‘window’ that rhymes with Belinda’s name in the previous line. ![]() Also he has repetitively used the word ‘little’ in the first stanza to emphasize that everything in Belinda’s house including her pets were little in size. One such simile was “mouth like a fireplace”. Can you, with your partner, list some more such poetic devices used in the poem?Īnswer: The poet has extensively used similes across the poem. For example “Clashed his tail like iron in a dungeon” – the poetic device here is a simile. The poet has employed many poetic devices in the poem. Despite being a dragon, a tickling could disturb him and this showed his cowardice on which everyone laughed. So, Belinda tickled the dragon unmerciful as it worked a lot on him. “Belinda tickled him, she tickled him unmerciful…” Why?Īnswer: Tickling always works on people, who are a little softer. ![]() Compared to them, Custard cried asking for a nice and safe cage, which is why it is called a coward. ![]() Ink and Blink are described as so brave that they could chase lions down the stairs and Mustard was as brave as a tiger in rage. Belinda was as brave as a barrel of bears. It is called a ‘cowardly dragon’ because everybody else in the house was brave. Why did Custard cry for a nice safe cage? Why is the dragon called “cowardly dragon”?Īnswer: Custard cried for a nice, safe cage because it was a coward. ![]()
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