Analysis of Norway, norway
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1832 (Kvikne) – 1910 (Paris)
Norway, Norway,
Rising in blue from the sea's gray and green,
Islands around like fledglings tender,
Fjord-tongues with slender,
Tapering tips in the silence seen.
Rivers, valleys,
Mate among mountains, wood-ridge and slope
Wandering follow. Where the wastes lighten,
Lake and plain brighten
Hallow a temple of peace and hope.
Norway, Norway,
Houses and huts, not castles grand,
Gentle or hard,
Thee we guard, thee we guard,
Thee, our future's fair land.
Norway, Norway,
Glistening heights where skis swiftly go,
Harbors with fishermen, salts, and craftsmen,
Rivers and raftsmen,
Herdsmen and horns and the glacier-glow.
Moors and meadows,
Runes in the woodlands, and wide-mown swaths,
Cities like flowers, streams that run dashing
Out to the flashing
White of the sea, where the fish-school froths.
Norway, Norway,
Houses and huts, not castles grand,
Gentle or hard,
Thee we guard, thee we guard,
Thee, our future's fair land.
Scheme | AbccbdeffeAGHHG AixbixdjjxAGHHG |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (27%) Tetractys (23%) |
Metre | 11 1001101101 10011110 11110 100100101 1010 101101101 1001010110 10110 100101101 11 10011101 1011 111111 1101011 11 100111101 1011001010 1001 100100101 101 10010111 1011011110 11010 110110111 11 10011101 1011 111111 1101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 906 |
Words | 148 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 15, 15 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 365 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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