Analysis of Master or slave
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1832 (Kvikne) – 1910 (Paris)
Lo, this land that lifts around it
Threatening peaks, while stern seas bound it,
With cold winters, summers bleak,
Curtly smiling, never meek,
'Tis the giant we must master,
Till he work our will the faster.
He shall carry, though he clamor,
He shall haul and saw and hammer,
Turn to light the tumbling torrent,-
All his din and rage abhorrent
Shall, if we but do our duty,
Win for us a realm of beauty.
| Scheme | AABBCCCCDDEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111011 100111111 1110101 1010101 10101110 111101010 11101110 11101010 111010010 11101010 111111010 11101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 400 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 311 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 75 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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