Chocolate Cake Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFG GHIJKLMKNOMPQDR EDSSTQUF UV KWXR YSZSC A2 IB2C2C2D2 RE2 XF2G2H2U G2OI2ZJ2TK2 I L2M2M2N2O O2KP2TK2 IL2 M2 Q2FR2 O2L2B2L I K2 LOI Q2S2O2KT2NU2L2 FQKV2C2W2W2 ZX2 C2EY2K M TO2 F2R2 I2Z2SSA3QOI TXB3U E U C3 UQ2 K2C3E NEC3 F G2IIX2X2 OW2 F SEAOD3Z XFE3K2F3EG3

I love chocolate cakeA
And when I was a boyB
I loved it even moreC
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Sometimes we used to have it for teaD
and Mum used to sayE
'If there's any left overF
you can have it to take to schoolG
tomorrow to have at playtime '-
And the next day I would take it to schoolG
wrapped up in tin foilH
open it up at playtimeI
and sit in the corner of the playgroundJ
eating itK
you know how the icing on topL
is all shiny and it cracks as youM
bite into itK
and there's that other kind of icing inN
the middleO
and it sticks to your hands and youM
can lick your fingersP
and lick your lipsQ
oh it's lovelyD
yeahR
-
AnywayE
once we had this chocolate cake for teaD
and later I went to bedS
but while I was in bedS
I found myself waking upT
licking my lipsQ
and smilingU
I woke up properF
'The chocolate cake '-
It was the first thingU
thought ofV
-
I could almost see itK
so I thoughtW
what if I go downstairsX
and have a little nibble yeahR
-
It was all darkY
everyone was in bedS
so it must have been really lateZ
but I got out of bedS
crept out of the doorC
-
there's always a creaky floorboard isn't thereA2
-
Past Mum and Dad's roomI
careful not to tread on bits of broken toysB2
or bits of LegoC2
you know what it's like treading on LegoC2
with your bare feetD2
-
yowwwwR
shhhhhhhE2
-
downstairsX
into the kitchenF2
open the cupboardG2
and there it isH2
all shiningU
-
So I take it out of the cupboardG2
put it on the tableO
and I see thatI2
there's a few crumbs lying about on the plateZ
so I lick my finger and run my finger all over the crumbsJ2
scooping them upT
and put them into my mouthK2
-
oooooooommmmmmmmmI
-
niceL2
br ThenM2
I look againM2
and on one side where it's been cutN2
it's all crumblyO
-
So I take a knifeO2
I think I'll just tidy that up a bitK
cut off the crumbly bitsP2
scoop them all upT
and into the mouthK2
-
oooooommm mmmmI
niceL2
-
Look at the cake againM2
-
That looks a bit funny nowQ2
one side doesn't match the otherF
I'll just even it up a bit ehR2
-
Take the knifeO2
and sliceL2
This time the knife makes a little cracky noiseB2
as it goes through that hard icing on topL
-
A whole slice this timeI
-
into the mouthK2
-
Oh the icing on topL
and the icing in the middleO
ohhhhhh oooo mmmmmmI
-
But nowQ2
I can't stop myselfS2
KnifeO2
just take any old slice at itK
and I've got this great big chunkT2
and I'm cramming it inN
what a greedy pigU2
but it's so niceL2
-
and there's anotherF
and another and I'm squealing and I'm smacking my lipsQ
and I'm stuffing myself with itK
andV2
before I knowC2
I've eaten the lotW2
The whole lotW2
-
I look at the plateZ
It's all goneX2
-
Oh noC2
they're bound to notice aren't theyE
a whole chocolate cake doesn't just disappearY2
does itK
-
What shall doM
-
I know I'll wash the plate upT
and the knifeO2
-
and put them away and maybe no oneF2
will notice ehR2
-
So I do thatI2
and creep creep creepZ2
back to bedS
into bedS
doze offA3
licking my lipsQ
with a lovely feeling in my bellyO
MmmmrnmmmmmI
-
In the morning I get upT
downstairsX
have breakfastB3
Mum's sayingU
'Have you got your dinner money '-
and I sayE
'Yes '-
'And don't forget to take some chocolate cake with you '-
I stopped breathingU
-
'What's the matter ' she saysC3
'you normally jump at chocolate cake '-
-
I'm still not breathingU
and she's looking at me very closely nowQ2
-
She's looking at me just below my mouthK2
'What's that ' she saysC3
'What's what ' I sayE
-
'What's that there '-
'Where '-
'There ' she says pointing at my chinN
'I don't know ' I sayE
'It looks like chocolate ' she saysC3
'It's not chocolate is it '-
No answerF
'Is it '-
'I don't know '-
She goes to the cupboardG2
looks in up top middle bottomI
turns back to meI
'It's goneX2
It's goneX2
You haven't eaten it have you '-
'I don't know '-
'You don't know You don't know if you've eaten a wholeO
chocolate cake or notW2
When When did you eat it '-
-
So I told herF
-
and she saidS
well what could she sayE
'That's the last time I give you any cake to takeA
to schoolO
Now go Get outD3
no waitZ
not before you've washed your dirty sticky face '-
I went upstairsX
looked in the mirrorF
and there it wasE3
just below my mouthK2
a chocolate smudgeF3
The give awayE
Maybe she'll forget about it by next weekG3

Michael Rosen



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