Prayer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH CICIJKLK MCMCNONOYou talk o' prayer an' such | A |
Well I jest don't know how | B |
I guess I got as much | A |
Religion as a cow | B |
I fight an' drink an' swear | C |
Red hell I often raise | D |
But never said a prayer | C |
In all my days | D |
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I'm honest right enough | E |
Don't take no stock in crimes | F |
I'm jest a dockside tough | E |
An' yet an' yet sometimes | F |
If I should happen by | G |
A church door open wide | H |
The chances are that I | G |
Will sneak inside | H |
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It's kin o' peaceful there | C |
Jest sittin' in a pew | I |
There's sompin' in the air | C |
That rests me through an' through | I |
It does me heaps o' good | J |
To see them candles glow | K |
So soothin' to the mood | L |
Why I don't know | K |
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Unless that sittin' still | M |
Can be a kind o' prayer | C |
My heart jest seems to fill | M |
Wi' peace Oh God don't care | C |
For guys the likes o' me | N |
I just ain't in His line | O |
But when the Cross I see | N |
I make the sign | O |
Robert Service
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