How does a 4-pole induction motor winding create 4 poles?

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I've studied a 2-pole IM with its winding diagram and understood how the two poles are formed. But I'm struggling to understand the same thing about a 4-pole motor.
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How does this winding arrangement result into 4 poles?
 
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I think it is the same explanation. See the sketch.
 
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