At Least to Pray Is Left Is Left
poem 502
At Least to Pray Is Left Is Left - meaning Summary
Prayer as Last Refuge
The poem presents a speaker reduced to prayer amid overwhelming, chaotic forces. Isolated and uncertain where divine presence might be, the speaker describes knocking everywhere for help. Natural disasters—earthquake and maelstrom—stand for external and internal turmoil that make the speaker feel small and powerless. Addressing Jesus directly, the voice asks whether even Christ has no arm to offer aid, conveying a mix of faith, desperation, and felt abandonment. The poem compresses religious address and existential vulnerability into a short plea that makes prayer both refuge and last recourse.
Read Complete AnalysesAt least to pray is left is left Oh Jesus in the Air I know not which thy chamber is I’m knocking everywhere Thou settest Earthquake in the South And Maelstrom, in the Sea Say, Jesus Christ of Nazareth Hast thou no Arm for Me?
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