A cumulative story is a poem with one additional line added in each verse, for example, verse 1 has one line, verse 2 has two lines, the third verse has three lines and so on. A sample poem following this rule is stated below:"This is the cupcake(a small size cake)that my mother baked. This is the strawberry that was put on the cake that my mother baked. This is the boy who ate the strawberry that was put on the cake that my mother baked.This is the girl who cried for the boy who didn't give her the strawberry that was put on the cake that my mother baked."