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What Tells the Reader the Serene Atmosphere About Old Caspar’S Home. - English 2 (Literature in English)

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What tells the reader the serene atmosphere about old Caspar’s home.

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Solution

The seremne atmosphere about Kaspar’s home is conveyed by the fact that he was sitting relaxing in the sun and his grandchild was playing on the grass nearby.

And he before his cottage door 
Was sitting in the sun,
And by him sported on the green
His little grandchild Wilhelmine.

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