Question

A. Prayer for my daughter

Once more the storm is howling, and half hid
Under this cradle-hood and coverlid
My child sleeps on. There is no obstacle
But Gregory's wood and one bare hill
Whereby the haystack-and roof-levelling wind,
Bred on the Atlantic, can be stayed;
And for an hour I have walked and prayed
Because of the great gloom that is in my mind.
I have walked and prayed for this young child an hour
And heard the sea-wind scream upon the tower,
And under the arches of the bridge, and scream
In the elms above the flooded stream:
Imagining in excited reverie
That the future years had come,
Dancing to a frenzied drum,
Out of the murderous innocence of the sea.
May she be granted beauty and yet not
Beauty to make a stranger's eye distraught,
Or hers before a looking-glass, for such,
Being made beautiful overmuch,
Consider beauty a sufficient end,
Lose natural kindness and maybe
The heart-revealing intimacy
That chooses right, and never find a friend.
C. read the poem and Answer the following questions:
1.
What does the poet want for his daughter?
2. in w.b yeasts poem "A prayer for my daughter", in what ways does the speaker seem anxious?
3. in yeast,s a prayer for my daughter, what lesson does the poet learn from his own life?
4. what is the baground and main theme of the poem "sprayer for my daughter" by w.b yeasts?
5.what does the poet feel about the future of his daughter?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.

Yeats knows that beauty is fleeting: what he wishes for his daughter is to have knowledge or "have her chiefly learned..." of "courtesy." ... Yeats would also wish his daughter a life of stability and deep-rootedness—that is, a quiet life away from noisy thoroughfares.

5.

The poet keeps walking and praying for the young child and as he does so he is in a state of reverie. He feels a kind of gloom and worry about the future of his daughter. ... Yeats wants his daughter to possess some qualities so that she can face the future years independently and with confidence.