Analysis of Graves At Christiania
Katharine Lee Bates 1859 (Falmouth) – 1929 (Wellesley)
WE bore them their own wild heather
And ash-boughs jeweled red,
There where they sleep together,
Greatest of Norway's dead.
More than the hush of churches
Is the hush where Ibsen lies,
Columned by poplars and birches,
Vaulted by glorious skies.
Over that heart undaunted
Soars a shaft of labrador,
Black yet beauty-haunted,
Marked with the hammer of Thor.
But what memorial lifted
To Björnson, loved of the folk?
We sought till our quest had drifted
Where tender voices spoke,
Where never a rail encloses
That resting-place of fame,
A little plot of roses,
Nameless nor needing name.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFGFGHGHCIJI |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 11111110 01111 1111010 10111 1101110 1011101 101101 1011001 1011010 101110 111010 1101011 11010010 1111101 111101110 110101 110011 110111 0101110 101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 573 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 466 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 98 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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