Prayer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEAA FGFGHH DGDGII JKJKLM NONOPP| I do not undertake to say | A |
| That literal answers come from Heaven | B |
| But I know this that when I pray | A |
| A comfort a support is given | B |
| That helps me rise o'er earthly things | C |
| As larks soar up on airy wings | C |
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| In vain the wise philosopher | D |
| Points out to me my fabric's flaws | E |
| In vain the scientists aver | D |
| That all things are controlled by laws | E |
| My life has taught me day by day | A |
| That it availeth much to pray | A |
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| I do not stop to reason out | F |
| The why and how I do not care | G |
| Since I know this that when I doubt | F |
| Life seems a blackness of despair | G |
| The world a tomb and when I trust | H |
| Sweet blossoms spring up in the dust | H |
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| Since I know in the darkest hour | D |
| If I lift up my soul in prayer | G |
| Some sympathetic loving Power | D |
| Sends hope and comfort to me there | G |
| Since balm is sent to ease my pain | I |
| What need to argue or explain | I |
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| Prayer has a sweet refining grace | J |
| It educates the soul and heart | K |
| It lends a lustre to the face | J |
| And by its elevating art | K |
| It gives the mind an inner sight | L |
| That brings it near the Infinite | M |
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| From our gross selves it helps us rise | N |
| To something which we yet may be | O |
| And so I ask not to be wise | N |
| If thus my faith is lost to me | O |
| Faith that with angel's voice and touch | P |
| Says Pray for prayer availeth much | P |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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