The Frosting Dish Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDEFGFGHIHIJKJK LDLDMNMCOEOE| When I was just a little lad | A |
| Not more than eight or nine | B |
| One special treat to make me glad | A |
| Was set apart as 'mine ' | C |
| On baking days she granted me | D |
| The small boy's dearest wish | E |
| And when the cake was finished she | D |
| Gave me the frosting dish | E |
| I've eaten chocolate many ways | F |
| I've had it hot and cold | G |
| I've sampled it throughout my days | F |
| In every form it's sold | G |
| And though I still am fond of it | H |
| And hold its flavor sweet | I |
| The icing dish I still admit | H |
| Remains the greatest treat | I |
| Never has chocolate tasted so | J |
| Nor brought to me such joy | K |
| As in those days of long ago | J |
| When I was but a boy | K |
| And stood beside my mother fair | L |
| Waiting the time when she | D |
| Would gently stoop to kiss me there | L |
| And hand the plate to me | D |
| Now there's another in my place | M |
| Who stands where once I stood | N |
| And watches with an upturned face | M |
| And waits for 'something good ' | C |
| And as she hands him spoon and plate | O |
| I chuckle low and wish | E |
| That I might be allowed to wait | O |
| To scrape the frosting dish | E |
Edgar Albert Guest
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