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Question
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?
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Solution
In the poem, ‘The tale of Custard, the Dragon’, the poet has used a lot of poetic devices. Following are the devices used
1. Simile: mouth like a fireplace
2. Repetition: the repetitive use of the word ‘little’ in stanza 1.
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