A Paralell Between Bowling And Preferment Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGGG GGGG HIHI JBJB| Preferment like a Game at bowles | A |
| To feede our hope with diverse play | B |
| Heer quick it runnes there soft it rowles | A |
| The Betters make and shew the way | B |
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| As upper ground so great Allies | C |
| Doe many cast on theyr desire | D |
| Some uppe are thrust and forc't to rise | C |
| When those are stopt that would aspire | E |
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| Some whose heate and zeale exceed | F |
| Thrive well by Rubbs that curb theyr hast | G |
| Some that languish in theyr speede | G |
| Are cherisht by a gentle blast | G |
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| Some rest and others cutting out | G |
| The same by whome themselves were made | G |
| Some fetch a compasse farre about | G |
| And secretly the marke invade | G |
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| Some gett by knocke and so advance | H |
| Theyr fortune by a boystrous ayme | I |
| And some who have the sweetest chance | H |
| Theyr mistresse hitt and winne the game | I |
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| The fayrest casts are those that owe | J |
| No thanks to Fortunes giddy sway | B |
| Such honest men good bowles doe throw | J |
| Whose owne true Byass cutts the way | B |
William Strode
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