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Read the text to answer 35.


The Prayer

(Celine Dion & Josh Groban.)


I pray you'll be our eyes

And watch us where we go

And help us to be wise

In times when we don't know.


Let this be our prayer

When we lose our way

Lead us to a place

Guide us with your grace

To a place where we'll be safe.


I pray we'll find your light

And hold it in our hearts

When stars go out each night

Remind us where you are.


Let this be our prayer

When shadows fill our day

Lead us to a place

Guide us with your grace

To a place where we'll be safe.


A world where pain and

Sorrow will be ended

And every heart that's

Broken will be mended

And we'll remember

We are all God's children

Reaching out to touch you

Reaching to the sky.


We ask that life be kind

And watch us from above

We hope each soul will find

Another soul to love.


Let this be our prayer

Just like every child

Needs to find a place

Guide us with your grace

Give us faith so we'll be safe.


(Available in: https://www.smule.com/song/celine-dion-josh-groban-the-

prayer. Adapted.)

However being the lyrics of a song, the text displays several of a prayer’s features, and its main elements seek to produce aesthetic sensations, since the way the message is communicated, how the code is used, not just the message itself, is a vital aim. Having considered the information previously given, point out the prevailing operative function explored in the text.


A

Poetic.


B

Emotive.


C

Conative.


D

Metalingual.