Analysis of Question and answer
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1832 (Kvikne) – 1910 (Paris)
Father! Within the forest's bound
No bird I found,
No sound of song the woods around.
The bird that glad his song us gave,
Flies o'er the wave;
Perhaps he there will find his grave.
But why does he not wait till later?
He goes where light and warmth are greater
Father! It selfish seems to me,
Far off to flee,
When all we others here must be.
With new-born spring comes new-born song;
By instinct strong
The better new he'll bring erelong.
But if in death the cold waves swallow-?
Others will come; his kin will follow.
| Scheme | AAA BBB C C DDD EEE F F |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10010101 1111 11110101 01111111 11001 01111111 111111110 111101110 10110111 1111 11110111 11111111 1101 0101111 110101110 101111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 589 |
| Words | 116 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 1, 1, 3, 3, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 50 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 04, 2023
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