The Climber's Dream. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE FGFHIJKJ CLMLDNDN ADKDAOAO PQRQISCS ATUTKVDV FWXWFVFV YZCZKAAA DA2FA2FB2C2B2| I made an ascent of the Eiger | A |
| Last year which has ne'er been surpassed | B |
| 'Twas dangerous long and laborious | C |
| But almost incredibly fast | B |
| We started at twelve from the Faulberg | D |
| Ascended the Monch by the way | E |
| And were well at the base of our mountain | F |
| As the peak caught the dawn of the day | E |
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| In front of me Almer and Perren | F |
| Cut steps each as big as a bucket | G |
| While behind me there followed as Herren | F |
| George Stephen and Freshfield and Tuckett | H |
| We got to the top without trouble | I |
| There halted of course for the view | J |
| When clouds sailing fast from the southward | K |
| Veiled over the vault of dark blue | J |
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| The lightning shone playfully round us | C |
| The thunder ferociously growled | L |
| The hail beat upon us in bullets | M |
| And the wind everlastingly howled | L |
| We turned to descend to the Scheideck | D |
| Eyes blinded ears deafened we ran | N |
| In our panic and hurry forgetting | D |
| To add a new stone to the man | N |
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| Palinurus himself that is Almer | A |
| No longer could make out the track | D |
| 'Twas folly no doubt to go onward | K |
| 'Twas madness of course to go back | D |
| The snow slope grew steeper and steeper | A |
| The lightning more vividly flared | O |
| The thunder rolled deeper and deeper | A |
| And the wind more offensively blared | O |
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| But at last a strong gust for a moment | P |
| Dispersed the thick cloud from our sight | Q |
| And revealed an astonishing prospect | R |
| Which filled not our hearts with delight | Q |
| On our right was a precipice awful | I |
| On the left chasms yawning and deep | S |
| Glazed rocks and snow slopes were before us | C |
| At an angle alarmingly steep | S |
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| We all turned and looked back at Almer | A |
| Who then was the last on the rope | T |
| His face for a moment was clouded | U |
| Then beamed with the dawn of a hope | T |
| He came to the front and thence forward | K |
| In wonderful fashion he led | V |
| Over rocks over snow slopes glissading | D |
| While he stood bolt upright on his head | V |
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| We followed in similar fashion | F |
| Hurrah what a moment is this | W |
| What a moment of exquisite transport | X |
| A realization of bliss | W |
| To glissade is a pleasant sensation | F |
| Of which all have written or read | V |
| But to taste it in perfect perfection | F |
| You should learn to glissade on your head | V |
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| Hurrah with a wild scream of triumph | Y |
| Over snow over boulders we fly | Z |
| Our heads firmly pressed to the surface | C |
| Our heels pointing up to the sky | Z |
| We bound o'er the bergschrund uninjured | K |
| We shoot o'er a precipice sheer | A |
| Hurrah for the modern glissader | A |
| Hurrah for the wild mountaineer | A |
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| - | |
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| But alas what is this what a shaking | D |
| What a jar what a bump what a thump | A2 |
| Out of bed in intense consternation | F |
| I bound with a hop skip and jump | A2 |
| For I hear the sweet voice of a person | F |
| Of whom I with justice am proud | B2 |
| My dear when you dream about mountains | C2 |
| I wish you'd not jodel so loud | B2 |
Edward Woodley Bowling
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