Little Red Riding Hood And The Wolf Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDEFFGGHHAEIE BBJ KLMMBB NN F J FOOPB Q RSST UUNN JJNNV| As soon as Wolf began to feel | A |
| That he would like a decent meal | A |
| He went and knocked on Grandma's door | B |
| When Grandma opened it she saw | C |
| The sharp white teeth the horrid grin | D |
| And Wolfie said 'May I come in ' | E |
| Poor Grandmamma was terrified | F |
| 'He's going to eat me up ' she cried | F |
| And she was absolutely right | G |
| He ate her up in one big bite | G |
| But Grandmamma was small and tough | H |
| And Wolfie wailed 'That's not enough | H |
| I haven't yet begun to feel | A |
| That I have had a decent meal ' | E |
| He ran around the kitchen yelping | I |
| 'I've got to have a second helping ' | E |
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| Then added with a frightful leer | B |
| 'I'm therefore going to wait right here | B |
| Till Little Miss Red Riding Hood | J |
| Comes home from walking in the wood ' | - |
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| He quickly put on Grandma's clothes | K |
| Of course he hadn't eaten those | L |
| He dressed himself in coat and hat | M |
| He put on shoes and after that | M |
| He even brushed and curled his hair | B |
| Then sat himself in Grandma's chair | B |
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| In came the little girl in red | N |
| She stopped She stared And then she said | N |
| 'What great big ears you have Grandma ' | - |
| 'All the better to hear you with ' | - |
| the Wolf replied | F |
| 'What great big eyes you have Grandma ' | - |
| said Little Red Riding Hood | J |
| 'All the better to see you with ' | - |
| the Wolf replied | F |
| He sat there watching her and smiled | O |
| He thought I'm going to eat this child | O |
| Compared with her old Grandmamma | P |
| She's going to taste like caviar | B |
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| Then Little Red Riding Hood said ' | - |
| But Grandma what a lovely great big | Q |
| furry coat you have on ' | - |
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| 'That's wrong ' cried Wolf | R |
| 'Have you forgot | S |
| To tell me what BIG TEETH I've got | S |
| Ah well no matter what you say | T |
| I'm going to eat you anyway ' | - |
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| The small girl smiles One eyelid flickers | U |
| She whips a pistol from her knickers | U |
| She aims it at the creature's head | N |
| And bang bang bang she shoots him dead | N |
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| A few weeks later in the wood | J |
| I came across Miss Riding Hood | J |
| But what a change No cloak of red | N |
| No silly hood upon her head | N |
| She said 'Hello and do please note | V |
| My lovely furry wolfskin coat ' | - |
Roald Dahl
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