Analysis of Torahs and nazis



nazis
stacked the Torahs
precisely,
like bodies
placed
for best use
of grave-space.

Jews
danced with these
in their arms
on Simchat Torah
long before the nazis,
ever since the nazis
and
long after the nazis, too.

nazis
watch
from their graves.


Scheme Aaxaxxx xaxxaaxx Axx
Poetic Form
Metre 10 101 010 110 1 111 111 1 111 011 1110 101010 101010 0 1100101 10 1 111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 248
Words 51
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 7, 8, 3
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 11
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 65
Words per stanza (avg) 14

About this poem

written after seeing a drawing of Torahs stacked in an orderly manner by nazis who had stolen them

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Written on December 22, 2021

Submitted by elimallon on December 27, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Rabbi Eli Mallon, M.Ed., LCSW

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