Opening paragraph (4-6 sentences)We are born and life swallows us up, whether we like it or not, we live day by day wishing that things could happen, wishing we could do things, imagining a perfect world where there was no conflict, wishing children didn't have to die so young, but soon it will happen to us too; we die and there is not much we as humans can do about it. It's simply the cycle of life. The human life cycle is one of the themes of our modern life. Prayer before the birth of Louis Macniece starts us in life. We hope for gifts of consolidation – someone who will give us the strength to wrestle with human nature when we arrive – forgive us for mistakes and pamper us with love. Let's hope so. John Lennon's Imagine takes us through life with lyrics of peaceful protest, helping us imagine a much less divided world unity. And finally there is Glencoe, where Douglas Stewart takes us darkly through death, and explains how even the most innocent souls are killed at the hands of nature or even each other. Body paragraphs 1,2 and 3 (one for each poem)1.)...