Our Prayer Of Thanks Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEC FGC HIJKLMC HDDNC

For the gladness here where the sun is shining atA
evening on the weeds at the riverB
Our prayer of thanksC
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For the laughter of children who tumble barefooted andD
bareheaded in the summer grassE
Our prayer of thanksC
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For the sunset and the stars the women and the whiteF
arms that hold usG
Our prayer of thanksC
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GodH
If you are deaf and blind if this is all lost to youI
God if the dead in their coffins amid the silver handlesJ
on the edge of town or the reckless dead of warK
days thrown unknown in pits if these dead areL
forever deaf and blind and lostM
Our prayer of thanksC
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GodH
The game is all your way the secrets and the signals andD
the system and so for the break of the game andD
the first play and the lastN
Our prayer of thanksC

Carl Sandburg



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