In the poetry named 'magic', the glass beads were representing the positive things happening in one's life.
Judith Nicholls is a poet who mainly wrote poems for children only.
The glass beads are used as a metaphor in the poem of magic by the author. This indicates positivity in the form of protection, growth, etc. These beads were also used as a medium of exchange in the sixteenth century against the trading of products or salves.
Therefore, the author uses the glass beads for indicating something related to those beads.
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