Thursday, 26 January 2017

'Prayer Before Birth' by Louis MacNeice:-

Prayer before birth is a sharp satire on the existence world.the world has become so cruel & dangerous place & polluted to live that a child offers prayer to God to save him from the cruelty of the world.
The present poem is a prayer of unborn child.
The central talk of the poem is the unborn child's fear about the society.he prayed God to save him from the various evils of human being.

Alterations
Bloodsucking... Bat
Walls... Wall
Murder.... Means etc...

Noun
Me,Bat,Human race etc..
Adjective
Wise,Stronge etc..
Verb
Hear,Provide,Live etc..

The unborn child expresses the feelings of fear before he appears on the earth. He prayed God to save him from human race who may not let him live comfortably. The unborn child also requests God to provide him natural objects.where importance of environment can easily touch upon.
The child knows very well that the world will commit sins through him so he prayed God to forgive him.

"I am not yet born,
O hear me..
Let not the man who is beast or
Who thinks he is God
Come near me.."

In this way to protect him from the world the child ask at last to God that if his prayer is not granted, God should kill him.

Thank You.

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