Analysis of Ingerid Sletten
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1832 (Kvikne) – 1910 (Paris)
Ingerid Sletten of Sillejord
Neither gold nor silver did own,
But a little hood of gay wool alone,
Her mother had given of yore.
A little hood of gay wool alone,
With no braid nor lining, was here;
But parent love made it ever dear,
And brighter than gold it shone.
She kept the hood twenty years just so:
"Be it spotless," softly she cried,
"Until I shall wear it once as bride,
When I to the altar go."
She kept the hood thirty years just so:
"Be it spotless," softly she cried,
"Then wear it I will, a gladsome bride,
When it to our Lord I show."
She kept the hood forty years just so,
With her mother ever in mind.
"Little hood, be with me to this resigned,
That ne'er to the altar we'll go."
She steps to the chest where the hood has lain,
And seeks it with swelling heart;
She guides her hand to its place apart,--
But never a thread did remain.
Scheme | abbx bxxb cAac cAac caac daad |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 11011 10111011 1010111101 01011011 010111101 11111011 110111101 0101111 110110111 11101011 011111111 1110101 110110111 11101011 11111011 11110111 110110111 10101001 1011111101 11101011 1110110111 0111101 110111101 11001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 848 |
Words | 175 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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