The Houses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDD EEFF GGHHII| A Song of the Dominions | A |
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| 'Twixt my house and thy house the pathway is broad | B |
| In thy house or my house is half the world's hoard | C |
| By my house and thy house hangs all the world's fate | D |
| On thy house and my house lies half the world's hate | D |
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| For my house and thy house no help shall we find | E |
| Save thy house and my house kin cleaving to kind | E |
| If my house be taken thine tumbleth anon | F |
| If thy house be forfeit mine followeth soon | F |
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| 'Twixt my house and thy house what talk can there be | G |
| Of headship or lordship or service or fee | G |
| Since my house to thy house no greater can send | H |
| Than thy house to my house friend comforting friend | H |
| And thy house to my house no meaner can bring | I |
| Than my house to thy house King counselling King | I |
Rudyard Kipling
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