Rinaldo in the gardens of Armida

Explore this playful scene.

The French artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard has drawn a picture of a knight called Rinaldo stepping into a garden filled with singing and dancing ladies.

Notice the twisting tree, swirling clouds and billowing fabrics of the ladies’ costumes that give a sense of movement in this scene.

Write a poem about what might happen next, starting each line using the letters of ‘garden’.

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