Analysis of To The Rivals
Yehudah HaLevi 1075 (Spain) – 1141 (Holy Land)
The lovely doe, far from her home, whose lover is angry—why did she
laugh? She laughed at the daughter of Edom and the daughter of Arabia who covet her beloved. Why, they are nothing but wild asses, and how can they compare to the doe who nestled against her gazelle? Where is the spirit of prophecy found, where the lampstand, the Ark of the Covenant, the ever-present Shekinah? No, my rivals, do not try to quench love, for if you do, it will blaze up like fire!
Translated by T. Carmi
| Scheme | XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011101110110111 1111010110010101001100011111011100111011011100100111010110011010110100010101111011111111111111110 010111 |
| Characters | 496 |
| Words | 93 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 126 |
| Words per line (avg) | 30 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 189 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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