Prayer for My Daughter

                  The title 'Prayer for My Daughter' seems similar to the poem  'The Prayer before Birth' as both express the fear of the possible danger in the modern time. W.B. Yeats the nobel prize winner poet has written many magnificent poem and 'A prayer for My Daughter' is one of them. It was written in  1919 and published in 1921. It is written to Anne. The daughter of Yeats and Georgie Hydesless. Yeats wrote this poem while staying in a tower at Ballylee during the Anglo-Irish war. The poem was written after two days of Anne's birth on February 20th, 1919.  

                  Though the title is very long. It is simple ans suggestive. 'A prayer for my Daughter' itself gives the idea about the meaning of the poem as well as the intention of the poet. This poem present a universal theme. Every father  is worried about his child perticularly doughter when his nation is facing crisis. The central idea of this poem can be clearly understood in the title. This poem is a prayer for poet's daughter because he worried about the possible dangours in future. So his prayer to God to keep her safe from crualty of the world. W.B. Yeats is a gifted poet and his poetry shows a grant style. This poem has been composed into 10 stanzas of 8 lines each. The  poet also gives mythological refrences of like 'Hallen of Troy', 'The Trojan War' etc. there is also fine use of symbolism like tree, storm etc.

                A Prayer froMy Daughter' presents a father's worry for his daughter perticularly her future. He prayes God to give her beauty but  with curtecy and compension. Some critics do not agree with some ideas of the poem for etc. The critics Brenda Maddos suggest that the poem is design delibretly to offened women. However, the poem presents a realistic picture of his time, and pure feelings of a father for daughter.