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
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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Rachel Bluwstein

Rachel Bluwstein Sela (September 20 (Julian calendar), 1890 – April 16, 1931) was a Hebrew poet who immigrated to Palestine in 1909. She is known by her first name, Rachel, (Hebrew: רחל‎) or as Rachel the Poetess (Hebrew: רחל המשוררת‎). more…

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