Analysis of A Prayer



Take a blob of pain and erase it with a drop of wine
Any wine can get you high
So choose the one you drink         both like a king
And a soldier

Bundle the mound of troubles fighting the head
And cleanse it entirely with a whiz of music
There is sound in silence
In hopelessness
In noise
There is sound in perturbance  too
So choose the sound that leads you to peace

If a fighter gets weary in the midst of a fight
He has given the opponent a solution
That's how the creator answers our prayers
A chance   A drift
A sunyata

Think of a thief who was supposed to pay a price
The mob were going to burn him to death
So they pour gasoline and light a match
But before he could burn down     they pour water on him
And he foams back to life
What would the thief say to Hermes?
What would his life become?

A prayer is not actually what you say when you're on your knees
A prayer is an answer to something
It is the door that opens when fire 'breaks a house
Jump or crawl?
The shores at sight    when the sea blows waves of terror
Sink        or swim?

The gods are not too far
They might be under our feet    in shoes
On our skins     A garment
They might be buried in our fists       a fight
Or in our heads    a reckon
But we must do something to make them hear us

But who answers our prayers?
For the ancients left us questions about their wisdom
They chose the same god for both thieves and travellers

The modern man is the answer
He creates his own prayers    and ties a rope to it
One an answer     the other a god
We're the prayers of the gods
An answer to our fellow humans.


Scheme XXAB CXXDXXX EFGXC XXXHXIJ IAXXBH XXXEFD GJG BXXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 10111001110111 1011111 1101111101 0010 10011101001 0110100101110 111010 0100 01 111011 110111111 1010110001101 111000100010 11001010101 0101 01 110111011101 0101011111 111100101 1011111111011 011111 11011110 111101 011110011111111 011110110 1101110110101 111 011110111110 111 011111 1111010101 1101010 11110010101 10101010 11111011111 1110101 1010111001110 110111110100 01011010 101111010111 111001001 101101 1101101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,535
Words 313
Sentences 6
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 7, 5, 7, 6, 6, 3, 5
Lines Amount 43
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 151
Words per stanza (avg) 45

About this poem

The poem says a prayer is not just about kneeling and saying the words. A prayer is an answer to something but you must have to do something to get that answer. It says whatever you do to survive, to get by, to win, is a prayer. And this means that we are the answers to our own prayers. Such human power

Font size:
 

Submitted by Youngrumi on July 06, 2021

Modified on May 01, 2023

1:34 min read
80

Discuss this I.M.Rumi.ii poem analysis with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "A Prayer" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 22 Dec. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/104311/a-prayer>.

    Become a member!

    Join our community of poets and poetry lovers to share your work and offer feedback and encouragement to writers all over the world!

    December 2024

    Poetry Contest

    Join our monthly contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and attain global acclaim for your talent.
    9
    days
    4
    hours
    5
    minutes

    Special Program

    Earn Rewards!

    Unlock exciting rewards such as a free mug and free contest pass by commenting on fellow members' poems today!

    Quiz

    Are you a poetry master?

    »
    "She walks in beauty, like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies."
    A William Wordsworth
    B John Keats
    C Percy Bysshe Shelley
    D Lord Byron