On Prayer (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Czesław Miłosz
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Religion, God, Faith, Meditation, Agnosticism, Bridges, Prayers, Skepticism
The Poem
“On Prayer” is a short poem, twelve lines long, written in free verse. The title suggests a meditation on the nature of the act of prayer, which immediately signals the presence of a number of potential issues: the question of God’s existence, the nature of one’s relationship to God, and explorations of the ideas of faith and belief.
The poet adopts a first-person voice in this short lyric, written in the form of a direct response to a problem: “how to pray to someone who is not.” The first line, in effect, announces the problem by restating a...
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