Appreciation of the poem ( 1.1 A Teenager's Prayer)

 Appreciation of the poem:-

         1.1 ‘A Teenager’s Prayer’

Title	‘A Teenager’s Prayer’
Poet	J. Morse
Rhyme Scheme	The rhyme scheme of the poem is ‘a b c b’
Figures of Speech	Inversion: Decisions I must make. The words are not in a correct prose order. The correct word order is ‘I must make decisions’. Alliteration: Travel down the darkened road. The sound of letter ‘d’ is repeated. Metaphor: I can choose to take the road of life. The ‘road of life’ is compared with ‘journey of life’.
Theme/ Central Idea	It is a Prayer by Teenager. Teenage is a very important age in everyone's life. The poet tells that God can show him the proper way. God in the poem is the symbol of the person's inner mind, family or society. Here he learns to differentiate the right or just things with the wrong or the worst.