Yehuda Amichai relates himself to the ideas that he is trying to express within his poems by writing in first person. His use of the word “I” also allows the read to feel more connected since they are reading in first person and better relate to the emotions that Amichai is trying to present. In regard to the relationship with history, he seems to show a want of acceptance and peace between the Israeli and Palestinians. He shows how there are differences between them, but overall are all the same. Amichai makes connections between the past and present within his poems showing how times have changed, but that the good of the past should not be forgotten.
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To start off, I wrote similar points like you did in this post. I can see that Yehuda Amichai tried to better relate to his audiences by placing more emphasis on the use of the word “I”. You bought up a critical point/lesson of change in time between humans’ past and future, which is also greatly emphasis in most of his poems. In one of Amichai’s poem, he definitely wanted us to keep in mind and remember the details of the experiences we had in the past for future references. I’m not too certain about the religions Amichai was referring to in his poems, but he mainly focused on monotheistic religions. He connected our existence and values of life by pertaining it to or crediting God for his efforts of innovations.