The Parable Of The Blind Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DAE FGH IJK LMN LOP QRF LSI| This horrible but superb painting | A |
| the parable of the blind | B |
| without a red | C |
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| in the composition shows a group | D |
| of beggars leading | A |
| each other diagonally downward | E |
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| across the canvas | F |
| from one side | G |
| to stumble finally into a bog | H |
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| where the picture | I |
| and the composition ends back | J |
| of which no seeing man | K |
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| is represented the unshaven | L |
| features of the des | M |
| titute with their few | N |
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| pitiful possessions a basin | L |
| to wash in a peasant | O |
| cottage is seen and a church spire | P |
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| the faces are raised | Q |
| as toward the light | R |
| there is no detail extraneous | F |
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| to the composition one | L |
| follows the others stick in | S |
| hand triumphant to disaster | I |
William Carlos Williams
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