Metamorphosis is a prominent theme in 'A Man I am'. The actions conducted by the 'I ran ' creates a locomotive transition (within time frame) from Wolf to Man.
Moreover, Fallibility of man is a great concern illustrated in third paragraph 'burden of my sin'; that is why we look upon Him for edification of our conducts.
But irony is just as prevalent as in rest of the poems by Stevie Smith, if man is mortal plus fallible how can the invention i.e. 'Him' (The God) be trusted or belief.
The relevance of Spirituality is placed at the apex of literary knife of Stevie Smith.
In Nutshell the themes are: Transformation, Transition, Fallibility and Spiritualistic Dependence.
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