Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Prayer Before
Birth
- Repetition of "I am not born yet" is a
constant reminder to the reader that
this poem is coming from a fetus.
Emphasis on how morbid it is.
- It's also a reminder on the innocence.
- Stanza 3 is all about nature
being a guide and the beauty of
nature, but also the
malevolence of humans. But
then how even nature can
become corrupt.
- The broken lines reflects the
corruption of the lines and
therefore, the corruption of
the world the fetus is not yet
been brought into.
- The poem goes from dependence to independence.
- Throughout the poem,
the fetus is accepting it
will be brought into
such a corrupt society.
- The poem highlights the horrors of war by
juxtaposing them with the innocence of an
unborn child.
- The use of the word
"automan" is a
reference to a soldier.
- Talks about all the
horrors in the world
that would conflict him,
in contrast with the
wonders of nature.
- Poem takes form of a prayer,
with repeated use of first
person followed by an
imperative to God.
- Describes the
dehumanizing effect of
war.
- The unborn child asking for forgiveness is
effective because is suggests the
powerlessness in which it will commit such
sins.