A Last Prayer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH| FATHER I scarcely dare to pray | A |
| So clear I see now it is done | B |
| That I have wasted half my day | A |
| And left my work but just begun | B |
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| So clear I see that things I thought | C |
| Were right or harmless were a sin | D |
| So clear I see that I have sought | C |
| Unconscious selfish aims to win | D |
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| So clear I see that I have hurt | E |
| The souls I might have helped to save | F |
| That I have slothful been inert | E |
| Deaf to the calls thy leaders gave | F |
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| In outskirts of thy kingdoms vast | G |
| Father the humblest spot give me | H |
| Set me the lowliest task thou hast | G |
| Let me repentant work for thee | H |
Helen Hunt Jackson
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