Prayer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH CICIJKLK MCMCNONO| You 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 |
| - | |
| 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 William Service
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