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Poetry combines words and structure to appeal to our senses: to make us feel. How does this statement apply to Louis Macneice's "Prayer Before Birth"? It was once said that "poetry uses the best words in the best order." In many cases, poetry helps us associate the given situation with our life and feelings. "Prayer Before Birth", written by Louis Macneice during a time of conflict, uses various technical devices such as soaring stanzas, a progressing structure, chanting rhythm and confronting imagery to strengthen the message of the poem: corrupted and turbulent society we live today and the affected future generation. Throughout the poem, we find series of contrasting and confronting images that emphasizes the violence and the corrupt nature of humankind. "I am not yet born; O hear me". The idea of a baby looking for attention and care before it is born is very confronting to the "Blood baths", "Black racks"...

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