Saturday Prayer Meeting

Two Different Approaches to Prayers

On Saturday
he knelt to pray:
What did he say?
O Lord, Give me!

Her attitude
was gratitude
and servitude
to God her plea.

Line count: 8
Form: A Rhupunt poem is composed of 3, 4, or 5 lines per stanza, with 2 stanzas or more. Each line has 4 syllables and the rhyme scheme fro the 3-line Rhupunt aab, ccb, ddb, eeb, etc. The rhyme scheme for the 4-line stanza is aaab, cccb, dddb, eeeb, etc. The rhyme scheme for the 5-line stanza is aaaab, ccccb, ddddb, eeeeb, etc. Except for the last line which rhymes with the last line of the other stanzas, a Rhupunt is mono-rhymed.