If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE ACFGH AIJKLCC ABMNOPQR| If I forget thee Jerusalem | A |
| Then let my right be forgotten | B |
| Let my right be forgotten and my left remember | C |
| Let my left remember and your right close | D |
| And your mouth open near the gate | E |
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| I shall remember Jerusalem | A |
| And forget the forest my love will remember | C |
| Will open her hair will close my window | F |
| will forget my right | G |
| Will forget my left | H |
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| If the west wind does not come | A |
| I'll never forgive the walls | I |
| Or the sea or myself | J |
| Should my right forget | K |
| My left shall forgive | L |
| I shall forget all water | C |
| I shall forget my mother | C |
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| If I forget thee Jerusalem | A |
| Let my blood be forgotten | B |
| I shall touch your forehead | M |
| Forget my own | N |
| My voice change | O |
| For the second and last time | P |
| To the most terrible of voices | Q |
| Or silence | R |
Yehuda Amichai
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