Cancer Prayer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBD EB EB EF EFGG| Dear Lord | A |
| Please flood her nerves with sedatives | B |
| and keep her strong enough to crack a smile | C |
| so disbelieving friends and relatives | B |
| can temporarily sustain denial | D |
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| Please smite that intern in oncology | E |
| who craves approval from department heads | B |
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| Please ease her urge to vomit let there be | E |
| kind but flirtatious men in nearby beds | B |
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| Given her hair consider amnesty | E |
| for sins of vanity make mirrors vanish | F |
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| Surround her with forgiving family | E |
| and nurses not too numb to cry Please banish | F |
| trite consolations take her in one swift | G |
| and gentle motion as your final gift | G |
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