Q2. I SAIDA PRAYER FOR YOU TODAY
(8 Marks)
I said a prayer for you today
and know God must have heard
I felt the answer in my hart
I didn't ask for wealth or fame
Although he spoke no word
I asked him to send treasures
I know you wouldn't mind
I asked that he'd be near you
of a far more lasting kind
At the start of each new day
To grant you health and blessings
And friend to share you way!
I asked for happiness for you
In all things great and small
But it was to his loving care
I prayed the most of all!
Answer the following questions:
(a) The speaker seems to take both God and the person addressed for granted. Which lines best
illustrate this idea?
(b) What guess can you make about the relationship between the speaker and the person
addressed?
(C) What do you understand by "treasure of a far more lasting kind"?
What will be the result of the 'loving care' of God?
What is the theme of the poem?
Answers
- answer : line 9 and line 16
Answer:
The answers to the questions are:
a.)The line from the poem that illustrates that the speaker has taken God for granted is:
"I said a prayer for you today, And I know God must have heard."
And the line from the poem that illustrates the speaker has taken the person addressed for granted is:
"I didn’t ask for wealth or fame, I knew you wouldn’t mind."
b.)The speaker happens to be the daughter of the person addressed.
c.)The speaker, through her prayers to God has not asked for material wealth and fame for the person addressed but for an everlasting treasure which is God's loving care to be with the person.
The theme of the poem revolves around the prayers of the speaker who has prayed for God's loving kindness to be with the person, for the person to be granted health, blessings and happiness for each day.
Explanation:
a) The speaker does take God and the person addressed for granted. The line from the poem that illustrates that the speaker has taken God for granted is:
"I said a prayer for you today, And I know God must have heard."
And the line from the poem that illustrates the speaker has taken the person addressed for granted is:
"I didn’t ask for wealth or fame, I knew you wouldn’t mind."
b)The speaker happens to be the daughter of the person addressed.
c)The speaker, through her prayers to God has not asked for material wealth and fame for the person addressed but for an everlasting treasure which is God's loving care to be with the person.
The theme of the poem revolves around the prayers of the speaker who has prayed for God's loving kindness to be with the person, for the person to be granted health, blessings and happiness for each day.
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