Poetry Comparison Essay for IGCSE English Literature (4ET1)
In Prayer Before Birth and The Tyger, both poets explore fears of the depths of humanity’s evil. While The Tyger questions a non-responsive Christian God how he could have created both a fearful predator such as a tiger, in Prayer Before Birth, the speaker is far more concerned with the fear that society will rob them of their innocence and reshape them into an instrument of violence, highlighting a deeper terror of losing one’s humanity.
May 08, 2025
