The Sky Is An Immortal Tent Built By The Sons Of Los Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEBFGHIJKKKLMANOM P| The sky is an immortal tent built by the Sons of Los | A |
| And every space that a man views around his dwelling place | B |
| Standing on his own roof or in his garden on a mount | C |
| Of twenty five cubits in height such space is his universe | D |
| And on its verge the sun rises and sets the clouds bow | E |
| To meet the flat earth and the sea in such an order'd space | B |
| The starry heavens reach no further but here bend and set | F |
| On all sides and the two Poles turn on their valves of gold | G |
| And if he moves his dwelling place his heavens also move | H |
| Where'er he goes and all his neighbourhood bewail his loss | I |
| Such are the spaces called Earth and such its dimension | J |
| As to that false appearance which appears to the reasoner | K |
| As of a globe rolling through voidness it is a delusion of Ulro | K |
| The microscope knows not of this nor the telescope they alter | K |
| The ratio of the spectator's organs but leave objects untouch'd | L |
| For every space larger than a red globule of Man's blood | M |
| Is visionary and is created by the Hammer of Los | A |
| And every space smaller than a globule of Man's blood opens | N |
| Into Eternity of which this vegetable Earth is but a shadow | O |
| The red globule is the unwearied sun by Los created | M |
| To measure time and space to mortal men every morning | P |
William Blake
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