English Poetry...HELP!!?

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I'm having to annotate a poem and im having a lot of trouble
The poem is called "The House" by Gwendolyn MacEwen
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in this house poems are broke,
I would invent the end of poetry;
we are only completer when
that image of me in you
that image of you in me
breaks, repairs itself!.
you are the earth and the earth;
release those cosmic hands which held you
while I set out on my urgent journeys---
in this house we repair
torn walls together and do not
ask how they were torn
we work slowly, for
the house is the earth
and the earth---
the delicate people in you
move
from room to room
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i am asked to answer the following about the poem
1!. How does this poem resemble a prayer!?
2!. What is the poem’s message about family!?

if you could help, it would be greatly appreciated!

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

Not sure about the first question, I'll try and answer the second, but it just my thoughts and opinions on it!. I think it's saying a house is quite solid, but at the end of the day it's just a house whereas it the family inside it although delicate make it a home!.
'the delicate people in you
move
from room to room'
the Graphology of it is quite interesting, the way 'room' is by itself gives a lot of impact!.
the first question has just hit me, you know where it says:_
'release those cosmic hands which held you
while I set out on my urgent journeys---'
i think 'cosmic hands'mean God's hands and He is guiding the persona on a journey, perhaps life!.
i hope this is useful!.
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