Heavenly Father
Heavenly Father - meaning Summary
Ironic Prayer of Accountability
The speaker addresses God in an ironic, compact prayer that shifts blame for human sin back onto the divine. By offering God the "supreme iniquity" fashioned by His hand and apologizing for divine duplicity while admitting "we are dust," the poem reverses expected penitence. It pairs humility with moral accusation, asking readers to reconsider responsibility between creator and creation and to notice the paradox of pious speech used as critique.
Read Complete Analyses‘Heavenly Father’ – take to thee The supreme iniquity Fashioned by thy candid Hand In a moment contraband – Though to trust us – seems to us More respectful – ‘We are Dust’ – We apologize to thee For thine own Duplicity –
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