The Blind Summit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEBFG GHGIH HIHIH| A Viennese gentleman who had climbed the Hoch K nig | A |
| without a guide was found dead in a sitting posture near the | B |
| summit upon which he had written 'It is cold and clouds shut | C |
| out the view ' | D |
| Vide | E |
| the | B |
| Daily News | F |
| of September | G |
| - | |
| So mounts the child of ages of desire | G |
| Man up the steeps of Thought and would behold | H |
| Yet purer peaks touched with unearthlier fire | G |
| In sudden prospect virginally new | I |
| But on the lone last height he sighs ''Tis cold | H |
| And clouds shut out the view ' | - |
| - | |
| Ah doom of mortals Vexed with phantoms old | H |
| Old phantoms that waylay us and pursue | I |
| Weary of dreams we think to see unfold | H |
| The eternal landscape of the Real and True | I |
| And on our Pisgah can but write ''Tis cold | H |
| And clouds shut out the view ' | - |
William Watson
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