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The poem"A Prayer for my Daughter" is structured as a poet's appeal to God and his daughter on?

AHow he wants her to be like, as she grows up

BHer father's struggles and sacrifices

CThe beauty of nature surrounding them

DHer mother's loving influence

Answer:

A. How he wants her to be like, as she grows up

Read Explanation:

  • A prayer for my Daughter Written in 1919 and published in 1921

  • The poem "A prayer for my Daughter" by Yeats is addressed to Anne.

  • The poem "A Prayer for my Daughter" begins describing Storm

  • The poem "A Prayer for my Daughter" follows a metrical structure that alternates between “iambic pentameter” and “trochaic pentameter.”


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