We And They Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABABAB CDCEABAB FGFGABAB HIJIABAB ABABABAB| Father and Mother and Me | A |
| Sister and Auntie say | B |
| All the people like us are We | A |
| And every one else is They | B |
| And They live over the sea | A |
| While We live over the way | B |
| But would you believe it They look upon We | A |
| As only a sort of They | B |
| - | |
| We eat pork and beef | C |
| With cow horn handled knives | D |
| They who gobble Their rice off a leaf | C |
| Are horrified out of Their lives | E |
| While they who live up a tree | A |
| And feast on grubs and clay | B |
| Isn't it scandalous look upon We | A |
| As a simply disgusting They | B |
| - | |
| We shoot birds with a gun | F |
| They stick lions with spears | G |
| Their full dress is un | F |
| We dress up to Our ears | G |
| They like Their friends for tea | A |
| We like Our friends to stay | B |
| And after all that They look upon We | A |
| As an utterly ignorant They | B |
| - | |
| We eat kitcheny food | H |
| We have doors that latch | I |
| They drink milk or blood | J |
| Under an open thatch | I |
| We have Doctors to fee | A |
| They have Wizards to pay | B |
| And impudent heathen They look upon We | A |
| As a quite impossible They | B |
| - | |
| All good people agree | A |
| And all good people say | B |
| All nice people like Us are We | A |
| And every one else is They | B |
| But if you cross over the sea | A |
| Instead of over the way | B |
| You may end by think of it looking on We | A |
| As only a sort of They | B |
Rudyard Kipling
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