The Soul's Prayer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFE GHGH IJIJ KLKL MNM| In childhood's pride I said to Thee | A |
| 'O Thou who mad'st me of Thy breath | B |
| Speak Master and reveal to me | A |
| Thine inmost laws of life and death | B |
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| 'Give me to drink each joy and pain | C |
| Which Thine eternal hand can mete | D |
| For my insatiate soul can drain | C |
| Earth's utmost bitter utmost sweet | D |
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| 'Spare me no bliss no pang of strife | E |
| Withhold no gift or grief I crave | F |
| The intricate lore of love and life | E |
| And mystic knowledge of the grave ' | - |
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| Lord Thou didst answer stern and low | G |
| 'Child I will hearken to thy prayer | H |
| And thy unconquered soul shall know | G |
| All passionate rapture and despair | H |
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| 'Thou shalt drink deep of joy and fame | I |
| And love shall burn thee like a fire | J |
| And pain shall cleanse thee like a flame | I |
| To purge the dross from thy desire | J |
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| 'So shall thy chastened spirit yearn | K |
| To seek from its blind prayer release | L |
| And spent and pardoned sue to learn | K |
| The simple secret of My peace | L |
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| I bending from my sevenfold height | M |
| Will teach thee of My quickening grace | N |
| Life is a prism of My light | M |
| And Death the shadow of My face ' | - |
Sarojini Naidu
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