Upon The Whipping Of The Top Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB C ADABTis with the whip the boy sets up the top | A |
The whip makes it run round upon its toe | B |
The whip makes it hither and thither hop | A |
'Tis with the whip the top is made to go | B |
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Comparison | C |
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Our legalist is like unto this top | A |
Without a whip he doth not duty do | D |
Let Moses whip him he will skip and hop | A |
Forbear to whip he'll neither stand nor go | B |
John Bunyan
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