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The wind moves across the place and begins erasing Gopi’s drawings.
The wind moves across the place and begins erasing Gopi’s drawings. This creates the bridge from ordinary drawing to mystery.
fragility of art and arrival of magic
The tone is mysterious .
The reader feels wonder and suspense .
This narrative poem mostly uses a simple ABCB rhyme pattern. The short lines and recurring rhymes keep the folk-tale action moving.
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Answer: The wind moves across the place and begins erasing Gopi’s drawings.
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Answer: The wind moves across the place and begins erasing Gopi’s drawings. This creates the bridge from ordinary drawing to mystery.
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The pictures disappear because the sand cannot hold them permanently.
The pictures disappear because the sand cannot hold them permanently. This creates the bridge from ordinary drawing to mystery.
fragility of art and arrival of magic
The tone is mysterious .
The reader feels wonder and suspense .
This narrative poem mostly uses a simple ABCB rhyme pattern. The short lines and recurring rhymes keep the folk-tale action moving.
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Answer: The pictures disappear because the sand cannot hold them permanently.
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Answer: The pictures disappear because the sand cannot hold them permanently. This creates the bridge from ordinary drawing to mystery.
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A mysterious man suddenly appears, sitting on a stone.
A mysterious man suddenly appears, sitting on a stone. This creates the bridge from ordinary drawing to mystery.
fragility of art and arrival of magic
The tone is mysterious .
The reader feels wonder and suspense .
This narrative poem mostly uses a simple ABCB rhyme pattern. The short lines and recurring rhymes keep the folk-tale action moving.
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Answer: A mysterious man suddenly appears, sitting on a stone.
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Answer: A mysterious man suddenly appears, sitting on a stone. This creates the bridge from ordinary drawing to mystery.
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Unlike Gopi’s twig, the man carries a real brush.
Unlike Gopi’s twig, the man carries a real brush. This creates the bridge from ordinary drawing to mystery.
fragility of art and arrival of magic
The tone is mysterious .
The reader feels wonder and suspense .
This narrative poem mostly uses a simple ABCB rhyme pattern. The short lines and recurring rhymes keep the folk-tale action moving.
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Answer: Unlike Gopi’s twig, the man carries a real brush.
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Answer: Unlike Gopi’s twig, the man carries a real brush. This creates the bridge from ordinary drawing to mystery.
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Answer: The wind erases Gopi’s temporary art, and the mysterious man with a real brush enters the poem.
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Answer: The wind erases Gopi’s temporary art, and the mysterious man with a real brush enters the poem. It develops fragility of art and arrival of magic through the choices and consequences shown in these four lines.
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Answer: Stanza 3 is important because the wind erases Gopi’s temporary art, and the mysterious man with a real brush enters the poem. It moves the folk-tale from one clear stage to the next and prepares the following consequence.
