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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