Veruca Salt, The Little Brute Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGCHIJKK CCLLMMNNEELLOOPPQQRR SSTTUUVVNH| 'Veruca Salt the little brute | A |
| Has just gone down the garbage chute | A |
| And as we very rightly thought | B |
| That in a case like this we ought | B |
| To see the thing completely through | C |
| We've polished off her parents too | C |
| Down goes Veruca Down the drain | D |
| And here perhaps we should explain | D |
| That she will meet as she descends | E |
| A rather different set of friends | E |
| To those that she has left behind | F |
| These won't be nearly so refined | F |
| A fish head for example cut | G |
| This morning from a halibut | G |
| 'Hello Good morning How d'you do | C |
| How nice to meet you How are you ' | H |
| And then a little further down | I |
| A mass of others gather round | J |
| A bacon rind some rancid lard | K |
| A loaf of bread gone stale and hard | K |
| A steak that nobody could chew | C |
| An oyster from an oyster stew | C |
| Some liverwurst so old and gray | L |
| One smelled it from a mile away | L |
| A rotten nut a reeky pear | M |
| A thing the cat left on the stair | M |
| And lots of other things as well | N |
| Each with a rather horrid smell | N |
| These are Veruca's new found friends | E |
| That she will meet as she descends | E |
| And this is the price she has to pay | L |
| For going so very far astray | L |
| But now my dears we think you might | O |
| Be wondering is it really right | O |
| That every single bit of blame | P |
| And all the scolding and the shame | P |
| Should fall upon Veruca Salt | Q |
| Is she the only one at fault | Q |
| For though she's spoiled and dreadfully so | R |
| A girl can't spoil herself you know | R |
| Who spoiled her then Ah who indeed | S |
| Who pandered to her every need | S |
| Who turned her into such a brat | T |
| Who are the culprits Who did that | T |
| Alas You needen't look so far | U |
| To find out who these sinners are | U |
| They are and this is very sad | V |
| Her loving parents MUM and DAD | V |
| And that is why we're glad they fell | N |
| Into the garbage chute as well ' | H |
Roald Dahl
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