Little Red Riding-hood. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCBC DEDEDF GHGHGH HIHIHI JKLMLK NONONO HPHPHQ RSNSNS TUTUVW HXHXHX YZYZYZ A2HB2HB2H C2C2D2XXX

Versified by Mrs Clara Doty BatesA
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If you listen children I will tellB
The story of little Red Riding hoodC
Such wonderful wonderful things befellB
Her and her grandmother old and goodC
So old she was never very wellB
Who lived in a cottage in a woodC
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Little Red Riding hood every dayD
Whatever the weather shine or stormE
To see her grandmother tripped awayD
With a scarlet hood to keep her warmE
And a little mantle soft and gayD
And a basket of goodies on her armF
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A pat of butter and cakes of cheeseG
Were stored in the napkin nice and neatH
As she danced along beneath the treesG
As light as a shadow were her feetH
And she hummed such tunes as the bumble beesG
Hum when the clover tops are sweetH
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But an ugly wolf by chance espiedH
The child and marked her for his prizeI
What are you carrying there he criedH
Is it some fresh baked cakes and piesI
And he walked along close by her sideH
And sniffed and rolled his hungry eyesI
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A basket of things for granny it isJ
She answered brightly without fearK
Oh I know her very well sweet missL
Two roads branch towards her cottage hereM
You go that way and I'll go thisL
See which will get there first my dearK
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He fled to the cottage swift and slyN
Rapped softly with a dreadful grinO
Who's there asked granny Only IN
Piping his voice up high and thinO
Pull the string and the latch will flyN
Old granny said and he went inO
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He glared her over from foot to headH
In a second more the thing was doneP
He gobbled her up and merely saidH
She wasn't a very tender oneP
And then he jumped into the bedH
And put her sack and night cap onQ
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And he heard soft footsteps presentlyR
And then on the door a timid rapS
He knew Red Riding hood was shyN
So he answered faintly to the tapS
Pull the string and the latch will flyN
She did and granny in her night capS
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Lay covered almost up to her noseT
Oh granny dear she cried are you worseU
I'm all of a shiver even to my toesT
Please won't you be my little nurseU
And snug up tight here under the clothesV
Red Riding hood answered Yes of courseW
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Her innocent head on the pillow laidH
She spied great pricked up hairy earsX
And a fierce great mouth wide open spreadH
And green eyes filled with wicked leersX
And all of a sudden she grew afraidH
Yet she softly asked in spite of her fearsX
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Oh granny what makes your ears so bigY
To hear you with to hear you withZ
Oh granny what make your eyes so bigY
To see you with to see you withZ
Oh granny what makes your teeth so bigY
To eat you with to eat you withZ
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And he sprang to swallow her up aliveA2
But it chanced a woodman from the woodH
Hearing her shriek rushed with his knifeB2
And drenched the wolf in his own bloodH
And in that way he saved the lifeB2
Of pretty little Red Riding hoodH
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Hark harkC2
The dogs do barkC2
Beggars are coming to townD2
Some in jagsX
Some in ragsX
And some in velvet gownsX

Clara Doty Bates



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