Ballad Of The Jelly-cake Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCEFF GHGIJ J AA KLKLMNMNHH OAOAPQPQRR SC CBDBDT| A little boy whose name was Tim | A |
| Once ate some jelly cake for tea | B |
| Which cake did not agree with him | A |
| As by the sequel you shall see | B |
| 'My darling child ' his mother said | C |
| 'Pray do not eat that jelly cake | D |
| For after you have gone to bed | C |
| I fear 't will make your stomach ache ' | E |
| But foolish little Tim demurred | F |
| Unto his mother's warning word | F |
| - | |
| That night while all the household slept | G |
| Tim felt an awful pain and then | H |
| From out the dark a nightmare leapt | G |
| And stood upon his abdomen | I |
| 'I cannot breathe ' the infant cried | J |
| 'Oh Mrs Nightmare pity take ' | - |
| 'There is no mercy ' she replied | J |
| 'For boys who feast on jelly cake ' | - |
| And so despite the moans of Tim | A |
| The cruel nightmare went for him | A |
| - | |
| At first she 'd tickle Timmy's toes | K |
| Or roughly smite his baby cheek | L |
| And now she 'd rudely tweak his nose | K |
| And other petty vengeance wreak | L |
| And then with hobnails in her shoes | M |
| And her two horrid eyes aflame | N |
| The mare proceeded to amuse | M |
| Herself by prancing o'er his frame | N |
| First to his throbbing brow and then | H |
| Back to his little feet again | H |
| - | |
| At last fantastic wild and weird | O |
| And clad in garments ghastly grim | A |
| A scowling hoodoo band appeared | O |
| And joined in worrying little Tim | A |
| Each member of this hoodoo horde | P |
| Surrounded Tim with fierce ado | Q |
| And with long cruel gimlets bored | P |
| His aching system through and through | Q |
| And while they labored all night long | R |
| The nightmare neighed a dismal song | R |
| - | |
| Next morning looking pale and wild | S |
| Poor little Tim emerged from bed | C |
| 'Good gracious what can ail the child ' | - |
| His agitated mother said | C |
| 'We live to learn ' responded he | B |
| 'And I have lived to learn to take | D |
| Plain bread and butter for my tea | B |
| And never never jelly cake | D |
| For when my hulk with pastry teems | T |
| I must expect unpleasant dreams ' | - |
Eugene Field
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