silent and swift and deep from sight
foresees the unimagined light.
These lines refer to the process of development happening inside the woman's body. The first line ("silent and swift and deep from sight") uses sibilance to help create a sense of awe-inspiring mystery. The intimate act that led to the development of the fetus is also suggested by the use of sibilance. The line "foresees the unimagined light" aligns with the evolutionary and miraculous intelligence of life—without the direct awareness of the developing fetus, the cells of its body know what to do in order to develop. To foresee something unimagined is seemingly contradictory, but it refers to following the natural course of life.
This is no child with a child's face;
this has no name to name it by;
yet you and I have known it well.
Here, the speaker focuses on the intimate connection between herself, her partner, and their developing child. Though the child is not yet a "child with a child's face," the couple feels a strong familial love. The act of naming creates emotional bonds, but here, the ties that bind a family are strong enough to exist before the naming even occurs. These descriptions outline what is to come: a child who will be given a name. Already, the couple is experiencing a great love for their family.
This is the blood's wild tree that grows
the intricate and folded rose.
Wright is well-known for engaging with the natural world in her writing. These lines connect to the others by the use of the anaphora "This is," but they differ in that they use a nature metaphor. This serves to connect humans to nature; in other words, humans are created by nature. The "blood's wild tree" is suggestive of branches reaching outward, while the "intricate and folded rose" is a more delicate and internal description. These show the way in which Wright engages with the macro and the micro in this poem. The specific experience of a couple relates to the experiences of all couples who decide to expand their families.
