A Hymn to God the Father Themes
Sin
Sin is everywhere in "A Hymn to God the Father." The speaker just can't seem to get away from it, poor fella. He's preoccupied with several types of sin: Original Sin, which every human is guilty o...
Compassion and Forgiveness
Along with his preoccupation with sins, the speaker of "A Hymn to God the Father" is pretty concerned with whether God will forgive all those sins. The speaker is of Christian tradition, which mean...
Fate and Free Will
The speaker of "A Hymn to God the Father" believes that he can't help but sin, and that even before his birth he was already guilty. He asks God to forgive him, but he also tells God that there's m...