YIDDSH 10 Chapter Notes - Chapter Poem: Yiddish
Grains of Wheat:
● Words are like grain, that will unexpectedly bloom from something tragic
○ In the poem, an egyptian king requests his coffin be filled with grains, that sprout
after time
○ “Perhaps these words will endure,
And live to see the light loom —
And in the destined hour
Will unexpectedly bloom?
And like the primeval grain
That turned into a stalk —
The words will nourish,
The words will belong
To the people, in its eternal walk.”
If so, I shall come there, come,
Open my mouth,
And like a lion
Garbed in fiery scarlet,
I shall swallow the language as it sets.
And wake all the generations with my roar!
And This Is What You Should Say To The Orphan
A Little Flower
● Neighbor rYiddish
● Vows to keep Yiddish language alive, to continually use it and pass it along to
generations after
○ Could he please show me
Where the language will go down?
● May be at the Wailing Wall?eceives seven lashes for simply wanting to bring a flower
into the ghetto; does not regret it
● Metaphorical; poem isn’t about literally bringing a flower into it, but the flower represents
springtime: feelings of hope, renewal, growth, life and beauty
Scorched Pearls
● Comparing writen words to burnt pearls
● Though damaged, persist among the ashes of destruction; will remain after everything
else is lost
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Words are like grain, that will unexpectedly bloom from something tragic. In the poem, an egyptian king requests his coffin be filled with grains, that sprout after time. And live to see the light loom . I shall swallow the language as it sets. And wake all the generations with my roar! And this is what you should say to the orphan. Vows to keep yiddish language alive, to continually use it and pass it along to generations after. May be at the wailing wall?eceives seven lashes for simply wanting to bring a flower into the ghetto; does not regret it. Metaphorical; poem isn"t about literally bringing a flower into it, but the flower represents springtime: feelings of hope, renewal, growth, life and beauty.
