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To leap and chase you through?
Stop this chase or it will feast
On you, and you and you!”
Line 77: ““Now should I paint a beast”
Line 78: “To leap and chase you through?”
Line 79: “Stop this chase or it will feast”
Line 80: “On you, and you and you!””
Summary of Stanza 20
““Now should I paint a beast”
(Gopi warns that she can create a wild beast next.)
“To leap and chase you through?”
(She says the beast could leap after the pursuers.)
“Stop this chase or it will feast”
(She gives them a final warning to stop the chase before the beast attacks.)
“On you, and you and you!””
(The repeated ‘you’ makes the threat personal to every pursuer.)
Overall meaning: She uses the threat of a beast as a final deterrent to stop the pursuit.
