A Culinary Puzzle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE AFDFGEGE EHIHJECE EKAKLHHE| In our dainty little kitchen | A |
| Where my aproned wife is queen | B |
| Over all the tin pan people | C |
| In a realm exceeding clean | B |
| Oft I like to loiter watching | D |
| While she mixes things for tea | E |
| And she tasks me slyly smiling | D |
| Now just guess what this will be | E |
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| Hidden in a big blue apron | A |
| Her dimpled arms laid bare | F |
| And the love smiles coyly mingling | D |
| With a housewife's frown of care | F |
| See her beat a golden batter | G |
| Pausing but to ask of me | E |
| As she adds a bit of butter | G |
| Now just guess what this will be | E |
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| Then I bravely do my duty | E |
| Guess it pudding cake or pie | H |
| Dumplings waffles bread or muffins | I |
| But no matter what I try | H |
| This provoking witch just answers | J |
| Never mind just wait and see | E |
| But I think you should be able | C |
| Dear to guess what this will be | E |
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| Little fraud she never tells me | E |
| Until 'tis baked and browned | K |
| And I think I know the reason | A |
| For her secrecy profound | K |
| She herself with all her fine airs | L |
| And her books on cookery | H |
| Could not answer should I ask her | H |
| Dearest what will that mess be | E |
Ellis Parker Butler
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