JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id="div1"><span>sometext</span><a href="#">delete</a></div>

JavaScript

$("a").click(function(e){
    
    $div = $(this).parent("div");
    
    id = $div.attr("id");
    
    text = $div.find("span").text();
    
    alert( text  );
    
    e.preventDefault(); 
});