Question
can someone please help me analyze this poem
thank you
Passover: The Injections
Clouds pass over, endless,
black fruit dripping
sap from the branches
of lightning.
We lie down in the field,
thousands of us,
never mind the rain.
Soldiers come toward us,
groups of three or four.
The wind opens their long coats.
Underneath, their uniforms are black.
They bend over to the babies.
The babies cry,
for a little while.
"We are living in Biblical times,"
a woman says.
thank you
Passover: The Injections
Clouds pass over, endless,
black fruit dripping
sap from the branches
of lightning.
We lie down in the field,
thousands of us,
never mind the rain.
Soldiers come toward us,
groups of three or four.
The wind opens their long coats.
Underneath, their uniforms are black.
They bend over to the babies.
The babies cry,
for a little while.
"We are living in Biblical times,"
a woman says.
Answers
Writeacher
Gruesome!
First of all, find all of the images or references in there that you connect to any part of the Bible, especially connected to the Hebrews escape from Egypt with Moses and Aaron as their leaders.
Let us know what you decide.
First of all, find all of the images or references in there that you connect to any part of the Bible, especially connected to the Hebrews escape from Egypt with Moses and Aaron as their leaders.
Let us know what you decide.
Writeacher
You might start with Exodus 13 (the first passover) and keep reading:
http://bibleresources.bible.com/passagesearchresults2.php?passage1=Exodus13&book_id=2&version1=51&tp=40&c=13
http://bibleresources.bible.com/passagesearchresults2.php?passage1=Exodus13&book_id=2&version1=51&tp=40&c=13
GuruBlue
This was written by William Heyen (1940-)
It is from a book of poems called Poems of the Holocaust. So you have a double inference.
It is from a book of poems called Poems of the Holocaust. So you have a double inference.
peter
i can't figure out the first stanza
GuruBlue
In the reference of war... what could the lightning be? What could the black drops be?
peter
i am sorry i am really bad at analyzing poetry could the lighting be the electric fence i don't know
GuruBlue
What about gunfire, what about death?
Those are as unexpected and as uncontrolable as lightning. No one knows when or where it will strike.
Those are as unexpected and as uncontrolable as lightning. No one knows when or where it will strike.
peter
what does the black fruit represent