Prayer Before Birth' by Louis MacNeice
'Prayer Before Birth'. -By Louis MacNeice (1) - Justify your understanding of the poem 'Prayer Before Birth' - Prayer Before Birth is a very nice poem. This poem is written by Louis MacNeice. This poem, ‘Prayer Before Birth’, written during the terror struck days of World War II, places the realities of an evil world into the mouth of a baby not even quite born. This baby cries out for protection against evil. The tactic of speaking through a baby allows the readers to see the jux...