PRESENTATION OUTLINE
AN ARAB SHEPHERD SEARCHES FOR HIS GOAT ON MOUNT ZION
FREE VERSE
- Short poem but long lines mostly end stopped lines
- Free verse
- 2 stanzas sonnet 14 lines
- No end rhyme present
- Slow speed no attempt shown
TURN:
"Afterward we found them hiding among the bushes"
Imagery
"Our voices came back inside us, laughing and crying"
Symbolism:
"An Arab shepherd and a Jewish father both in their temporary failure"
The reader is showing that even greatest enemies show compassion within their struggles
Yehuda Amichai an Arab shepherd searching for his goat on mount Zion. Trans. W.S. Merwin. Reading the world: contemporary literature from around the globe. Ed. Carol Francis. logan, IA: perfection learning, 2012. Ebook
