A Young Levite Among Priests Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BCDE FGHI JKLM| A | |
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| A young Levite among priests | B |
| He remained long on morning watch | C |
| Jewish night grew thick around him | D |
| The ruined temple was solemnly being raised | E |
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| He said the yellow of the skies is alarming | F |
| Run priests for night is already over the Euphrates | G |
| But the elders thought this is not our fault | H |
| Behold the black and yellow light the joy the Jews | I |
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| He was with us when on the stream's shore | J |
| We swaddled the sabbath in precious linen | K |
| With a heavy menorah lit the night of Jerusalem | L |
| The heady fumes of non existence | M |
Osip Emilevich Mandelstam
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