Gioia Dana's Poem Prayer

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Prayer
Through an ambiguous setting, this poem depicts a unknown character full of emotion engaged in emotional dialog and through metaphors the writer expresses that life is as a rain drop from the sky it is soon just a memory. Author of the poem Prayer; Gioia Dana in this dramatic monologue establishes a tone of fear and discontentment but one may even say hopelessness and by this it establishes the mood of this poem and it becomes more important than the events that not mentioned. Author Dana Gioia, expresses that what is on the way cannot be stopped its inevitable. We all will meet soon enough either which we believe weather good or evil our date with destiny is set. It is through this dark exchange that the stage is gloomy and dreadful. Even though the author through clear exchange shows a very strong emotional leap that consequentially gives deem tone and mood to this poem. Here I have chosen to focus on the mood of the poem rather than the lack of character references and settings. The author draws from a dark place
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Here the author methodically points out that in its abundance he who embraces it be aware of those things that are subject to happen that maybe out of your control. There is a dilemma with understanding how season’s change the results are how things can come in and offset what has or has not yet happen. Subsequently, the author indicates in this phrase to remain alert and “watchful”, as if the author was deep in thought, and that hints to the mystery as to the statement, “Jeweller of the spider web”, which could be saying beyond the blowing of the wind the spider or creator has to be able to function even when troubled winds may blow to disturb the thoughtfulness and consideration of taking time and working on what’s

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