Of Course I Prayed
poem 376
Of Course I Prayed - meaning Summary
Prayer Meets Indifference
The speaker addresses prayer with bitter doubt, asking whether God truly responds. Divine care is compared to indifferent air and a bird’s trivial demand, suggesting God’s attention is minimal. The speaker implies life exists only because of God yet wishes charity might have left them dead and numb rather than alive in acute emotional pain. The poem contrasts the relief of oblivion with the sharp suffering of conscious existence.
Read Complete AnalysesOf Course I prayed And did God Care? He cared as much as on the Air A Bird had stamped her foot And cried Give Me My Reason Life I had not had but for Yourself ‘Twere better Charity To leave me in the Atom’s Tomb Merry, and Nought, and gay, and numb Than this smart Misery.
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