Prayer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBCB DEDE EFEF EGEG| I ASK good things that I detest | A |
| With speeches fair | B |
| Heed not I pray Thee Lord my breast | A |
| But hear my prayer | B |
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| I say ill things I would not say | C |
| Things unaware | B |
| Regard my breast Lord in Thy day | C |
| And not my prayer | B |
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| My heart is evil in Thy sight | D |
| My good thoughts flee | E |
| O Lord I cannot wish aright | D |
| Wish Thou for me | E |
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| O bend my words and acts to Thee | E |
| However ill | F |
| That I whate'er I say or be | E |
| May serve Thee still | F |
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| O let my thoughts abide in Thee | E |
| Lest I should fall | G |
| Show me Thyself in all I see | E |
| Thou Lord of all | G |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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