Give a sumarry of the poem a prayer befor birth by louis macknice
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The poem, “Prayer Before Birth”, by Irish writer Louis MacNeice, is a narrative by an unborn child, still in the woman of a woman, offering a harsh opinion of the world he or she will be born into. Right from the beginning of the poem the mood is one of gruesomeness. The opening lines are an introduction to the poem and in parallel an introduction to the reader of the tone of the poem and of the world the child will enter into.
Further indications of this unborn child’s fear is that he or she asks to be consoled. This unborn child fears a life of being doped up by drugs. The child also fears that walls (barriers) will be constructed around it, so that it cannot live free as he or she will desire to – society’s conventions may be a hindrance to his or her plan to live a peaceful, loving, free life.
This unborn child desires to experience the beauty of life – the natural world with its birds, colors, light, bright skies, as well as verdant grass and trees. The child foresees that there can be good in life, but also foresees that humankind’s destructive nature can overpower all of this and cause life to be terrible.
Not even born yet, the narrator in this poem talks of being forgiven of sins yet to be committed. The child knows that sin, wrong behavior, and wrong choices that result in harm and damaged relationships will happen. The child feels that this is inevitable and is already tortured and worried by these thoughts.
In essence, this unborn child wants to grow up, after birth, to be a person with compassion, empathy, and love for others. However, he or she fears she will become a robot, so-to-speak, in a confused and chaotic world that will beat him or her down. Ultimately, this child does not want to have a heart of stone, just functioning, and not really living a full creative and wonderful life in harmony with, and at peace with, others in a just society.
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The poem, “Prayer Before Birth”, by Irish writer Louis MacNeice, is a narrative by an unborn child, still in the woman of a woman, offering a harsh opinion of the world he or she will be born into. Right from the beginning of the poem the mood is one of gruesomeness. The opening lines are an introduction to the poem and in parallel an introduction to the reader of the tone of the poem and of the world the child will enter into.
Further indications of this unborn child’s fear is that he or she asks to be consoled. This unborn child fears a life of being doped up by drugs. The child also fears that walls (barriers) will be constructed around it, so that it cannot live free as he or she will desire to – society’s conventions may be a hindrance to his or her plan to live a peaceful, loving, free life.
This unborn child desires to experience the beauty of life – the natural world with its birds, colors, light, bright skies, as well as verdant grass and trees. The child foresees that there can be good in life, but also foresees that humankind’s destructive nature can overpower all of this and cause life to be terrible.
Not even born yet, the narrator in this poem talks of being forgiven of sins yet to be committed. The child knows that sin, wrong behavior, and wrong choices that result in harm and damaged relationships will happen. The child feels that this is inevitable and is already tortured and worried by these thoughts.
In essence, this unborn child wants to grow up, after birth, to be a person with compassion, empathy, and love for others. However, he or she fears she will become a robot, so-to-speak, in a confused and chaotic world that will beat him or her down. Ultimately, this child does not want to have a heart of stone, just functioning, and not really living a full creative and wonderful life in harmony with, and at peace with, others in a just society.
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