Analysis of To My Land
Rachel Bluwstein 1890 (Saratov) – 1931 (Tel Aviv)
I cannot offer you, my land,
In praise, heroic deeds;
One tree I planted on the way
Which to the Jordan leads.
One narrow path to my feet yields,
Which runs across the fields.
I know how humble are the gifts
The child offers her mother:
A cry of joy one glorious day,
When shines the sun in splendor;
And, shed for you, a secret tear
To see the shabby clothes you wear.
Scheme | XABACC XDBDEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111 010101 11110101 110101 11011111 110101 11110101 0110010 011111001 1101010 01110101 11010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 369 |
Words | 73 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on October 14, 2014
Modified on May 03, 2023
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