Cinderella Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFGHH IID C EEJJKLMMC NEE OOPPCCN N B QQRRSST UU VVWWXXGG TTWWSSNNYZN N A2 B2 NNC2 W NND2D2E2E2F2F2SSE2E2 G2G2 H2 DDI2I2I NNNNJ2 FGK2K2GG| I guess you think you know this story | A |
| You don't The real one's much more gory | A |
| The phoney one the one you know | B |
| Was cooked up years and years ago | B |
| And made to sound all soft and sappy | C |
| just to keep the children happy | C |
| Mind you they got the first bit right | D |
| The bit where in the dead of night | D |
| The Ugly Sisters jewels and all | E |
| Departed for the Palace Ball | E |
| While darling little Cinderella | F |
| Was locked up in a slimy cellar | G |
| Where rats who wanted things to eat | H |
| Began to nibble at her feet | H |
| - | |
| She bellowed 'Help ' and 'Let me out | I |
| The Magic Fairy heard her shout | I |
| Appearing in a blaze of light | D |
| She said 'My dear are you all right ' | - |
| 'All right ' cried Cindy 'Can't you see | C |
| 'I feel as rotten as can be ' | - |
| She beat her fist against the wall | E |
| And shouted 'Get me to the Ball | E |
| 'There is a Disco at the Palace | J |
| 'The rest have gone and I am jealous | J |
| 'I want a dress I want a coach | K |
| 'And earrings and a diamond brooch | L |
| 'And silver slippers two of those | M |
| 'And lovely nylon panty hose | M |
| 'Done up like that I'll guarantee | C |
| 'The handsome Prince will fall for me ' | - |
| The Fairy said 'Hang on a tick ' | - |
| She gave her wand a mighty flick | N |
| And quickly in no time at all | E |
| Cindy was at the Palace Ball | E |
| - | |
| It made the Ugly Sisters wince | O |
| To see her dancing with the Prince | O |
| She held him very tight and pressed | P |
| herself against his manly chest | P |
| The Prince himself was turned to pulp | C |
| All he could do was gasp and gulp | C |
| Then midnight struck She shouted 'Heck | N |
| I've got to run to save my neck ' | - |
| The Prince cried 'No Alas Alack ' | - |
| He grabbed her dress to hold her back | N |
| As Cindy shouted 'Let me go ' | - |
| The dress was ripped from head to toe | B |
| - | |
| She ran out in her underwear | Q |
| And lost one slipper on the stair | Q |
| The Prince was on it like a dart | R |
| He pressed it to his pounding heart | R |
| 'The girl this slipper fits ' he cried | S |
| 'Tomorrow morn shall be my bride | S |
| I'll visit every house in town | T |
| 'Until I've tracked the maiden down ' | - |
| Then rather carelessly I fear | U |
| He placed it on a crate of beer | U |
| - | |
| At once one of the Ugly Sisters | V |
| The one whose face was blotched with blisters | V |
| Sneaked up and grabbed the dainty shoe | W |
| And quickly flushed it down the loo | W |
| Then in its place she calmly put | X |
| The slipper from her own left foot | X |
| Ah ha you see the plot grows thicker | G |
| And Cindy's luck starts looking sicker | G |
| - | |
| Next day the Prince went charging down | T |
| To knock on all the doors in town | T |
| In every house the tension grew | W |
| Who was the owner of the shoe | W |
| The shoe was long and very wide | S |
| A normal foot got lost inside | S |
| Also it smelled a wee bit icky | N |
| The owner's feet were hot and sticky | N |
| Thousands of eager people came | Y |
| To try it on but all in vain | Z |
| Now came the Ugly Sisters' go | N |
| One tried it on The Prince screamed 'No ' | - |
| But she screamed 'Yes It fits Whoopee | N |
| 'So now you've got to marry me ' | - |
| The Prince went white from ear to ear | A2 |
| He muttered 'Let me out of here ' | - |
| 'Oh no you don't You made a vow | B2 |
| 'There's no way you can back out now ' | - |
| 'Off with her head 'The Prince roared back | N |
| They chopped it off with one big whack | N |
| This pleased the Prince He smiled and said | C2 |
| 'She's prettier without her head ' | - |
| Then up came Sister Number Two | W |
| Who yelled 'Now I will try the shoe ' | - |
| 'Try this instead ' the Prince yelled back | N |
| He swung his trusty sword and smack | N |
| Her head went crashing to the ground | D2 |
| It bounced a bit and rolled around | D2 |
| In the kitchen peeling spuds | E2 |
| Cinderella heard the thuds | E2 |
| Of bouncing heads upon the floor | F2 |
| And poked her own head round the door | F2 |
| 'What's all the racket 'Cindy cried | S |
| 'Mind your own bizz ' the Prince replied | S |
| Poor Cindy's heart was torn to shreds | E2 |
| My Prince she thought He chops off heads | E2 |
| How could I marry anyone | G2 |
| Who does that sort of thing for fun | G2 |
| - | |
| The Prince cried 'Who's this dirty slut | H2 |
| 'Off with her nut Off with her nut ' | - |
| Just then all in a blaze of light | D |
| The Magic Fairy hove in sight | D |
| Her Magic Wand went swoosh and swish | I2 |
| 'Cindy 'she cried 'come make a wish | I2 |
| 'Wish anything and have no doubt | I |
| 'That I will make it come about ' | - |
| Cindy answered 'Oh kind Fairy | N |
| 'This time I shall be more wary | N |
| 'No more Princes no more money | N |
| 'I have had my taste of honey | N |
| I'm wishing for a decent man | J2 |
| 'They're hard to find D'you think you can ' | - |
| Within a minute Cinderella | F |
| Was married to a lovely feller | G |
| A simple jam maker by trade | K2 |
| Who sold good home made marmalade | K2 |
| Their house was filled with smiles and laughter | G |
| And they were happy ever after | G |
Roald Dahl
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