Human corruption describes the abandonment of social norms and values ​​for unfair advantage or various other reasons, including greed for wealth. Clearly, the person engaging in such activities is driven by an ulterior motive or vested interest through which he hopes to gain and exploit his power against society while ignoring the rules and regulations that govern such behavior. This central idea is explored extensively in “Prayer Before Birth,” “War Photographer,” “Mother in a Refugee Camp,” and the other three poems through the use of elements such as stylistic features, linguistic techniques, form, and structure. The respective poets use these techniques in different ways. In "Prayer Before Birth", MacNeice expresses his fear of a corrupt world. He does this through the person of an unborn child. Similarly, Carol Ann Duffy's 'War Photographer' puts readers in the shoes of the photographer who spends his occupation alternating between two contrasting countries and situations. “Mother in a Refugee Camp” is about the struggle of a mother holding her dying son in her hands for the last time, suggesting the inevitability of death. The ideas conveyed in the three main poems are supported by the secondary poems: "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" by Adrienne Rich, "Still I rise" by Maya Angelou, and "Shooting Stars" by Carol Ann Duffy.TOPIC SENTENCE The corruption of humanity is explored in depth in 'War Photographer' through the form and structure of the poem. Humanity appears to be largely corrupt in "War Photographer", where hope is slowly diminishing as the poem progresses. This is demonstrated through the use of language and structure throughout the poem. 'War Photographer', the reader is given only an im...... half of the paper ......tance where the harshness of the opening stanzas is replaced by the atmospheric line 'a white light in the back of my mind to guide me'. However this tone does not last long as later "the mountains frown upon me, the white waves call me to madness", this personification suggests that the power of corruption has stripped nature of its purity. The child also fears that society will turn him into a "lethal automaton" or a "cog." MacNeice uses the metaphor to suggest the idea that society is manipulative and that one no longer has an identity. Tragic imagery is used to convey the idea that newborns are innocent, so an unborn child still has no understanding of the world around him. Even though the child has limited knowledge of the world, he still expresses his intuitions against the world: "Let them not make me a stone and overturn me / Otherwise they will kill me"..’