Self Reponse to Prayer Before Birth Louis Macneice

A good poem does not need superb text; it needs superb use of poetic techniques and a good structure. 'Prayer before birth' is a fine example of a good poem; however, the text is superb too.
My self response for this poem was first negative but afterwards I agreed with some points. However, I felt angry when the author expects water to support him and trees to talk to him, but afterwards going in the depths of this stanza it seemed real. Everybody in the world wants things or people to support them or to talk to them. Everyone fears something in their life, and for the author, they were ba…