Analysis of To: The Children of Israel
Where art thou?
Are you still Israelites?
Or do you claim to be Israelis now?
You were sold to the tribe of Judah, And they sold you to the Sabeans. You were scattered among the nations,
Not to one nation: Germany,
The righteous were stripped of their garments,
And Satan put them on as if he was righteous.
However, Israel is not a place,
She is, in her glory, a people. Wherever she goes, there she is,
And wherever she is, the place is Israel.
Where is Israel now?
She is in the land of Pharaoh,
Do you want to ask how?
As if you did not even know.
Allah said, “They have also divided up My land,
They have cast lots for My people, Have given a boy as payment for a harlot,
And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.” (Joel 3:2–3)
Did this even happen to the Israelis? What blood is in your veins?
Didn’t you cast some of those lots, Drink some of that wine?
And you have on some of those garments,
As if you are righteous.
Look in the mirror and see who you are;
Say it! Is it an Israeli or an Israelite? It is time…
He is calling;
His hand is outstretched still.
Where art thou?
Scheme | A x a x x b c x x d a e a e x x d x x b c x x x x A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 11110 1111110101 1011011100111101101001010 11110100 010011110 010111111110 101001101 11001001001011111 001011011100 111001 11001110 111111 11111101 1011110010111 11111110110011101010 010111111110 11101010010111011 111111111111 011111110 111110 1001001111 111110101110111 1110 111011 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,132 |
Words | 268 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 26 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 32 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
About this poem
I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich! I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
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