Prayer is the little implement
Prayer is the little implement
Through which Men reach
Where Presence—is denied them.
They fling their Speech
By means of it—in God's Ear—
If then He hear—
This sums the Apparatus
Comprised in Prayer—
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | XAXA BBXX |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 211 |
| Words | 36 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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