Analysis of Kaare's song
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1832 (Kvikne) – 1910 (Paris)
KAARE
What wakens the billows, while sleeps the wind?
What looms in the west released?
What kindles the stars, ere day's declined,
Like fires for death's dark feast?
ALL
God aid thee here, our earl,
God aid thee here, our earl,
It is Helga, who comes unto Orkney.
KAARE
What drives the fierce dragon to ride the foam,
While billows with blood are red?
The sea-fowl are shrieking, they seek their home,
And hover around my head.
ALL
God aid thee here, our earl,
God aid thee here, our earl,
It is Helga, who comes unto Orkney.
KAARE
What maiden so strange to the strand draws nigh,
In light with soft music nears?
What is it that makes all the flowers die,
What fills all your eyes with tears?
ALL
God aid thee here, our earl,
God aid thee here, our earl,
It is Helga, who comes unto Orkney.
Scheme | Abcbc DEEF Aghgh DEEF Aixix DEEF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 110101101 1100101 11011101 1101111 1 1111101 1111101 1110111010 1 1101101101 1101111 0111101111 0100111 1 1111101 1111101 1110111010 1 1101110111 0111101 1111110101 1111111 1 1111101 1111101 1110111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 772 |
Words | 151 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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