Out Beyond Ideas and Summons share a relationship about a place in which the world becomes more than just black and white, it becomes muddled with shades of grey. Perhaps this place is the after life, or perhaps this is a place in the mind. The two poems approach this place differently. The first approaches this place as being a field to meet someone, a place of waiting. The latter approaches this place by pleading someone to take them to this place, to show them this other world.
Out Beyond ideas is simple and to the point, yet there are varying levels of complexity. Outrightly, it talks of a field where nothing makes sense and that the author will meet someone there. If this place be the after life, then the author could be meeting up with someone that died a long time ago. If this is a place in the mind, he could be trying to show someone this field. In this poem the speaker is the "waker".
Summons is a little longer and portrays someone who is lost and wishes to find a place of enlightenment. This poem is somewhat reminiscent of the Allegory of the Cave. People are blind to their surroundings, Yeah maybe they've seen a little of what truly goes on but they have no clue what really is. But once they've awoken from their blindness they can see the muddled greys. In this poem, the speaker is the one asleep.
Both poems revolve around a topic of enlightenment. Some people choose to stay in a place that is dark and where they are comfortable. They choose to abandon this world and subject to their own reality. But, this leaves curiosity to take over the mind; about what the world has to offer. Summons portrays this curiosity to know something beyond what is known to them, they want to be shown the world. Out Beyond Ideas brings the sleeper to this world. It's almost as if the waker was initially summoned and then has taken on the role of the summoner.
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