Asked by peter

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.


Answered by 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.
Answered by 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
Answered by 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.
Answered by peter
i can't figure out the first stanza
Answered by GuruBlue
In the reference of war... what could the lightning be? What could the black drops be?
Answered by peter
i am sorry i am really bad at analyzing poetry could the lighting be the electric fence i don't know
Answered by 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.
Answered by peter
what does the black fruit represent
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