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Every Morning I Wake by Dylan Thomas
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Every Morning I Wake by Dylan Thomas
The poem "Every Morning I Wake" is a poem of prayer to God that has been composed by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.
This poem has been extracted from a 1954 radio drama named "Under the Milk Wood." Here, the main speaker of the poem is the poet Dylan Thomas himself. This poem is about a deep prayer by the speaker to the magnificent God to have mercy on ordinary inhabitants living under the Milk Wood.
This poem has presented the glorification and magnificence of God. Here, God has been presented with different qualities. For example: omniscient (knowing all), omnipotent (most powerful), and omnipresent (present everywhere).
Here, we find the speaker quite devoted to the magnificent God. He is aware of God's grandeur.
There are altogether four different stanzas here in this poem. Each stanza contains four rhyming lines (quatrains). The rhyming scheme of this poem is AABB CCDD.
The speaker prays to God with different wishes in four different stanzas.
1. He prays for God's loving eyes (mercy) on all the poor creatures (humans who are born to die temporarily) on this planet. In other words, he wishes for God's compassion for all the people. (morning till evening)
2. He prays for God's protection for all of the town and its people. (whole night)
3. He prays for God's judgement. He believes that God has the first and finest judgement on all the people living under the Milk Wood.
4. He prays for God's gift. He prays to God to give them a glorious chance to see the next day after sunset and night.
EXPLANATION OF THE POEM
Every Morning I Wake by Dylan Thomas
STANZA 1
Every morning when I wake,
Dear Lord, a little prayer I make,
O please do keep Thy loving eye
On all poor creatures born to die
In the very first stanza, we find the speaker praying to God. Here, the speaker reveals his morning activities to all his readers related to his deep faith in God. According to him, every morning when he wakes up, he makes a little prayer to God for the welfare of all the poor creatures under the Milk Wood. He asks the almighty Lord to keep his loving eyes on all the poor temporary creatures who are born on this planet just for a certain time. He appeals to God for his compassion for all creatures until their final day.
This stanza presents the speaker's deep devotion and his every morning prayer. He has wished for God's love as well as welfare for all the poor creatures of this planet who are in their temporary existence.
STANZA 2
And every evening at sun-down
I ask a blessing on the town,
For whether we last the night or no
I’m sure is always touch-and-go.
Here in the second stanza, we find the speaker talking about both certainty and uncertainty. He explains his evening activities during sunset. Here, the speaker expresses his demand for the blessing, and he asks God for the protection of all the town's residents.
The speaker seems quite unsure about life after sleeping at night. According to him, he is unsure whether the night is the final night or if they will see the next sunrise. He puts forward the concept of the uncertainty of life and death. He asks God to have his compassion over all the residents of his town during their sleep (a state of death) so that they can see the next day. The speaker seems sure about the greatness of God and believes that God will surely give his blessing to all his town's residents during their sleep.
This stanza presents the grandeur of God. God is omnipotent and protects all the creatures on this planet.
STANZA 3
We are not wholly bad or good
Who live our lives under Milk Wood,
And Thou, I know, wilt be the first
To see our best side, not our worst
Here in this stanza, the speaker has put forward the concept of the finest judgement of the almighty God. God is omniscient (knowing all) and knows perfectly about his children. The speaker admits that the children of God, i.e., people living under Milk Wood, aren't completely good or bad. All his children have different mentalities and qualities. They have good as well as bad qualities. But the speaker has deep faith in the finest judgement of God. According to him, God is the first to see the best as well as the positive aspects of all his children, ignoring the worst aspects.
This stanza has focused on the judgement of the almighty God, which is full of positivity and favourable for all the people of this planet.
STANZA 4
O let us see another day!
Bless us all this night, I pray,
And to the sun we all will bow
And say, good-bye – but just for now!
This last stanza shows the final prayers of the speaker. Here, he wants blessings as well as the grace of almighty God for all the people. He asks God to give the people a glorious chance to see another day. He asks for the blessing of God for all the people to be safe all night. He concludes by talking about the sun that sets in the west as a part of their worship.
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According to him, all the people on this planet have deep faith in the sun. They bow their heads as they see the sunset. The speaker adds that saying goodbye to the setting sun in the west is just an ending prayer of the people for its temporary departure. All the people of this planet expect to see glorious sunshine the next day, by the grace of almighty God.
This stanza presents the deep prayer of the speaker for the people's safety at night. The Goodbye of the People to the Setting Sun in the stanza is a temporary greeting of the people to the Sun. This shows the optimism of the people to see the glorious beginning the next day, by the grace of God.
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