Shalom
Jessie E. Sampter 1883 (New York City) – 1938 (Kibbutz Givat Brenner)
I saw a picture of a street,
A Jewish street in Palestine,
Where Jewish families like to meet
On Yom-tov, when the day is fine.
The little houses were their own,
The sun, I knew, was shining clear
Because I saw their shadows thrown,
And what they said I tried to hear.
My heart with longing almost broke
Because I heard them: they were home,
And Hebrew was the tongue they spoke,
And one I heard. He said, “Shalom!”
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Submitted by naama on July 13, 2020
Modified on March 06, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB CXCX DEDE |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 438 |
Words | 80 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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