The poem "prayer before birth" by" Louis macneice " is a poem written for a child who is yet not born. The child must be in the woomed of the mother, and before facing the world. The child praise to god. The poem in that sance is a prayer of an unborn child who is yet to come in the world.
In the very first time of the very first stanza the unborn child surges to God,
"I am not yet born ; O hear me"
In the first stanze the child request God to request him innisially to listen. What the child is complaining and then from "bloodsucking bat". And from those who may appear to him like " ehoul". Because not only the aperents but also the deeds of such devil like person. He warns God not to let such person.
" Come near to him"
Again in the starting of the second stanza the unborn child request God. "To console him" He then expresses his fear regarding "Tall walls" build by men with the reference of tall walls the poet and the child refers to the sad rules and regulations of the society. He then aurgos God to protect from " Wise lies" utter by cruel people of society.
In the third stanza the child request God "To provide him", with water. That can purify his sin , grass that can grow for him, to provide him with tree. That can talk to him sky that songs for him and to guide him. The child request God to provide him birds and light.
Then the child for " forgiveness" for the sins, that will caltimate it him by the time, to forgive. Him for his words and thoughts.Then the child ask for forgiveness for the treason. That engendered in him with the course of the time, and he may become s traitor. He ask forgiveness even if unconsciously hr commit such thinks then God should forgive him.
The unborn child then ask god "to reherce him " for the parts. He has to play and the action he must have to take when alders " lecture" him, and make him amusure person. When official persons hector him, the again request God to rehorce him. When " deseret calls him a doom,and when beggar refuses his gift, and also when his own child curse him".
Then is the next stanza the child again ask God to haes him, he request God not to let, come neas to him a person " Who thinks he is God" and" Who is a beast" because those who thinks they can replays God ase of extsram proud in them and specially such persons make othess to do " forbidden thinks" such person too do not hasited to do the thinks that ate against mature.
In the last stanza the child request God,"to fill him" the child request God, to "fill him". With strength against those who freeze his " humanity" to give him strength. To fight against those who drag him do the thinks which can be proved to be lethat, to give him strenth to fight against those "Who made dissipate his elernty" again he argues to give him strength to service himself. When he is in such hands that told him like a water and "spill him"
In the last two line child surges God,
"Let them not make me a stone
And let them not
Spill one otherwise kill me"
If altimetly ti service in. The selfish and esuel world. He has to become like a stone then he request God, " To kill him" over not let vitness the cruelty and selfish of the world be part of it rather he would chose to die.
Thus in the poem "Prayer before birth" expresses the emotions of inborn child. Who is worried regarding his present and future, who foes not want to corrupt his chowl and and does not want anyone else around him to influence his virtues in negative way. The child says if any such crimes or sins are going to happen ever after his borth then he request God to kill him in the woom only.
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