Analysis of To Israel, In Exile
Yehudah HaLevi 1075 (Spain) – 1141 (Holy Land)
O Sleeper whose heart is awake, burning and raging, now wake and go
forth, and walk in the light of My presence. Rise, and ride on! A star has
come forth for you, and he who has lain in the pit will go up to the top of
Sinai. Let them not exult, those who say, 'Zion is desolate!'—for My heart
is in Zion and My eyes are there. I reveal Myself and I conceal Myself,
now I rage, now I consent—but who has more compassion than I have for
My children?
Translated by T. Carmi
| Scheme | XXXXXXX X |
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011101100101101 10100111101011011 1111011110011111011 1111011111011111 101001111101101011 111110111110101111 110 010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 477 |
| Words | 99 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 45 |
| Words per line (avg) | 12 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 178 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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