A Matter Of Degree Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDDCC EEFFCGGCC HHIICJCHKKCKKCC| B SMITH would most undoubtedly be very very cross | A |
| If some rude person called him Jap and yet I'm at a loss | A |
| To see how he could argue otherwise in that respect | B |
| A Jap is human or a rumour's rife to that effect | B |
| And he talks and argues much the same as B | C |
| So if SMITH is not a twin | D |
| To his cherished Yellow skin | D |
| Why it's only just a matter of degree | C |
| Just a trifling little matter of degree | C |
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| Now a Jap is not a monkey though he's oft compared with such | E |
| And he doesn't look unlike one so it hardly matters much | E |
| A monkey has a fearsome phiz and hands that grab at things | F |
| And he imitates his betters all of which the matter brings | F |
| To a very clear conclusion seems to me | C |
| Which you cannot fairly funk | G |
| If a Jap is not a monk | G |
| Ey it's patently a matter of degree | C |
| And we needn't mind a matter of degree | C |
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| Of native monkeys hereabout of course you haven't heard | H |
| And a monkey's not a native bear which clearly is absurd | H |
| And yet a bear clings to a tree with young bears on its back | I |
| My word we're getting on a rather interesting tack | I |
| Yes it clings there like the cheerful chimpanzee | C |
| So if monkeys are not bears | J |
| So overlooking certain petty matters of degree | C |
| We are forced to these conclusions with undoubted certaintee | H |
| B SMITH'S a Jap a Jap's an ape according unto SMITH | K |
| An ape's a bear a bear's a bunyip and the last's a myth | K |
| It's as clear as any argument can be | C |
| That if our dear friend SMITH | K |
| Is not a simple myth | K |
| It's an unimportant matter of degree | C |
| Quite a microscopic matter of degree | C |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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