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Prayer Before Birth (The poem is about a baby talking before birth…
Prayer Before Birth
The poem is about a baby talking before birth highlighting the negatives and the views of the earth.
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'I am not yet born' Expresses the powerlessness that this baby has, they can't change anything
'O hear me' Imperatives, giving commands and requesting that people listen.
'Let not the bloodsucking bat' This line shows how there are bad animals in the world and therefore makes the baby vulnerable and another reason not to go into the world.
'Human race may with tall walls wall me' A metaphor and shows that society has control and that people are stuck in society.
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'I am not yet born' A repetition throughout the poem, meant to set out an example and show realisation. Also to highlight the fact the baby realises the horrors of the world before birth.
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4th paragraph sounds like the lords prayer. It also shows that the mess that people make now will have to be cleared up by those in the future.
'In the parts that I must play' A metaphor and describes life as a play and that people just live in and act out. Gives the feeling that people play the parts that others write
'Old men lecture me' This shows that you have to do and say what others tell you do. Also shows that you have to abide by other people's rules. Also the use of old men shows that the knowledge and rules are in outdated times and should be more modern.
'Me' The end of each stanza this is repeated. It highlights the personal side of the poem and shows the effect that others have on the new born baby
6th Stanza is small and is there to stand out and therefore to highlight the importance of it. The Stanza explains that they do not want to follow what someone has told them to follow they want to do their own thing.
Stanza 7 Expresses the fact that he wants to do do their own thing and doesn't want to follow society or rules that have already been set. They want to follow their own path.
'Blow me like thistledown hither and' This is a simile and shows that he wants power to control his own life.
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The use of 'Spill me' expresses the fact that if he is a soldier his life will be wasted by someone else. This is in context because the poem was written during the time of the second world war.