The contrast of Yеhuda Amichai's poem "Wе Did It" and Stuart Dybеk's short tale "Wе Didn't"

welcomes a nuanced exploration of human relationships and the complex dance of shared experiences.

Both texts are very diverse and share a thematic significance in their portrayal of connection, choice, and

the emotional weight of what may have been. This exploration unravels the threads that bound the

pieces together, examining the language, imagery, and overarching themes that intertwine Amichai and

Dybеk's perspectives on the complexities of human connection.

Both Poems deal with themes of love, loss, and morality. Mehuda’s poem portrays love as the

strength in its endurance. He believes physical and passionate acts show high love and ignores the actual

things involved in the physical and passionate act. The act is performed in honor of beast, man, and God.

This implies a regard for many parts of existence, as well as an acceptance that love is a power that

transcends and embraces all aspects of life, whether human, animal, or heavenly. Despite the strong and

profound expressions of love, the lines "But they didn't want to know about us, They'd already seen our

sort creates a feeling of rejection and it demonstrates the social apathy implying that the individuals'

love is ignored or not acknowledged by the larger community.

Dybek on the other hand, explores this in his short story by contrasting it with Amichai’s poem.

He depicts love as something humans can fully realize, and love is not just we experienced but more

than that. He approaches love as something that is trapped in regret, anticipation and disappointment

and one could say that Dybe’s story can be read from a specific time. Both texts use first person pronoun

“we” to create a sense of shared humanity and collective experience.

Amichai uses compelling and symbolic imagery to depict feelings of loss and desire. For example,

he uses the image of "thе sky like a torn flag" to evoke a sense of loss and betrayal whereas Dybek uses

evocative imagery to capture human connections. “A Stett corner where a couple once stopped portrays
a moment in time where everything has frozen and emphasizes the fleeting nature of love and

relationships.

Overall, both texts deal with themes like love, sexuality and human experience in different ways

and in doing so, it portrays two different ways in which a poet can convey a message or tell a story.