When We Went Out With Grandmamma. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKAK LMKM NOPQ RSTS UVWV| When we went out with Grandmamma | A |
| Mamma said for a treat | B |
| Oh dear how stiff we had to walk | C |
| As we went down the street | B |
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| One on each side we had to go | D |
| And never laugh or loll | E |
| I carried Prim her Spaniard dog | F |
| And Tom her parasol | E |
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| If I looked right if Tom looked left | G |
| Tom Susan I'm ashamed | H |
| And little Prim I'm sure is shocked | I |
| To hear such naughties named | H |
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| She said we had no manners | J |
| If we ever talked or sung | K |
| You should have seen said Grandmamma | A |
| Me walk when I was young | K |
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| She told us oh so often | L |
| How little girls and boys | M |
| In the good days when she was young | K |
| Never made any noise | M |
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| She said they never wished then | N |
| To play oh indeed | O |
| They learnt to sew and needlework | P |
| Or else to write and read | Q |
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| She said her mother never let | R |
| Her speak a word at meals | S |
| But now said Grandmamma you'd think | T |
| That children's tongues had wheels | S |
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| So fast they go clack clack clack clack | U |
| Now listen well I pray | V |
| And let me see you both improve | W |
| From what I've said to day | V |
Kate Greenaway
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