Every Morning I Wake
Dylan Thomas
Understanding the text
Answer the following questions.
a.
When does the speaker pray to the Lord?
The speaker prays to the lord in the morning when he gets up.
b.
What does the speaker pray for?
The speaker prays for the mercy of good to the poor creature on earth.
c.
Who are the ‘poor creatures’? Why does the speaker call them ‘poor creatures’?
The 'poor creatures' are those who has been born on earth to die. Specifically from the people of Milk Wood.
d.
What does Milk Wood sound like? A type of wood or a place? Why?
The Milk Wood sounds like a name of a place. It is a name of a particular place because it has no article in it. SO it is a proper noun.
Why do the inhabitants of Milk Wood bow to the setting sun ‘but just for now’?
The inhabitants of Milk Wood bow to the setting sun 'but just for now' because the speaker is asking for the god's blessing in the night in the hope to stay alive the next day. It indicates the uncertainty of life. They are there to make morning and night praying while they are leading limited life on earth.
Reference to the context
a.
Discuss “Every Morning When I Wake” as a prayer to the God.
The poem “Every Morning When I Wake” is a prayer to the God, written by Dylan Thomas. In this poem, Thomas prays to the magnificent God to have mercy on ordinary inhabitants living
under the Milk Wood.
He prays to god for the protection of his own and also for all the creatures in the world. The poetic persona expresses the uncertainty of life. He indicates the right can be the last one for him and other habitats, but he always prays the almighty will make everything good and protect them from any possible harms. The night is used as the imagery in this poem. It points to the pains, stress, and undelightful days of the inhabitants of the town or the speaker himself. And he hopes for god's blessings in their bad days.
b.
Why does the speaker make a prayer to the God, but not to a king, a billionaire
or a scientist?
The speaker makes a prayer to God because the speaker thinks god is the greatest power and no one on earth is as strong as a god. A king, billionaire, and scientists are ordinary inhabitants of earth and god is the one who has created them.
c.
How does the poet highlight the magnificence of the God?
The poet highlights the magnificence of the God with the prays the speaker makes everyday in the morning and at the night. The god knows all the nature of the creature hence its gods blessings through which make through another day.
d.
How does the rhyme scheme of the poem reinforce its message?
A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in the final stressed syllables and any following syllables of two or more words. The poem has a rhyme scheme of AABB, CCDD, EEFF, GGHH. It has added the sonority in the poem. The poem is prayer to god. It sounds like a beautiful hymn.
Reference beyond the text
a.
Does the God exist? Give your opinion.
b.
In his Epistle to the author of the book, The Three Impostors (1768), Voltaire
says, “Even if the God didn’t exist, it would be necessary to invent him.” Write
an essay highlighting the importance of the God in the society
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