A Teenager’s Prayer Appreciation 10th SSC Maharashtra State Board
Dear Students, the poem “A Teenager’s Prayer” is the first poem in Unit No. 1 of your English textbook. The poem will be asked to solve the activities under the given stanzas or to write an appreciation of it for 5 marks. The poem “A Teenager’s Prayer” is important for your SSC 10th Board Exam.
Poem :- “A Teenager’s Prayer”
Each day brings new beginnings,
Decisions I must make.
I am the only one to choose
The road that I will take.
I can choose to take the road of life,
That leads to great success
Or travel down the darkened road,
That leads to great distress.
Please open up my eyes, dear Lord,
That I might clearly see
Help me stand for what is right,
Bring out the best in me.
Help, Lord, to just say “no”
When temptation comes my way,
That I might keep my body clean
And fit for life each day.
When my teenage years are over,
I know that I will see
That life is lived its very best
With you walking next to me.
– J. Morse
Vocabulary:
darkened : here, it refers to evil
distress : great worry and strain
temptation : a strong wish to do something bad or wrong
A Teenager’s Prayer Appreciation
Read the poem. Write an appreciation of the poem in about 12 to 15 sentences
with the help of the following points.
Point :-
- Title :- The title of the poem is A Teenager’s Prayer.
- Poet :- The poet of the poem is J. Morse
- Rhyme scheme :- The rhyme scheme of the poem is abcb
- Favourite line :- My Favourite line of the poem is “Each day brings new beginnings”
- Theme/Central idea :- The poem is about a teenager who wants to take the right path in his life that’s why he prays the god to help him to find the right decisions because he is the only person in his life who has to take the decision of his life. he prays the God to stay aways with him on the life journey.
- Figures of speech :- The figures of speech of the poem are Apostrophe, Alliteration, Inversion and Metaphor.
- Special features – Type of the poem, language, style, tone, implied meanings etc. :- A Teenager’s Prayer is highly inspirational and motivational. The language of the poem is simple and understood easily. The style of the poem is application-based. The tone of the poem is optimistic in every situation of the life. The poem is about life concern and its different shades.
- Why I like/dislike the poem :- I like the poem immensely because it is a prayer that every teenager will pray the God for the right decisions about life. Thus I like the poem very much and my thoughts match with the poet’s intention about life.
