War Baby Analysis
By: Max Millhollan
War Baby-Pamela Holmes
He has not even seen you, he
Who gave you your mortality;
And you, so small, how can you guess
His courage or his loveliness?
Yet in my quiet mind I pray
He passed you on the darkling way -
His death, your birth, so much the same -
And holding you, breathed once your name.
Paraphrase
The author is talking about a kid who lost his father in a war.
Connotative Meaning
So small
Talking about how little and innocent the kid is during the war time.
Attitude
Depressed.
Shifts
Went from sad to depressed.
Theme
That even in tough times you can stay innocent.