Analysis of The Hare And The Fox
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1832 (Kvikne) – 1910 (Paris)
The fox lay still by the birch-tree's root
In the heather.
The hare was running with nimble foot
O'er the heather.
Was ever brighter a sunshine-day,
Before, behind me, and every way,
O'er the heather!
The fox laughed low by the birch-tree's root
In the heather.
The hare was running with daring foot
O'er the heather.
I am so happy for everything!
Hallo! Why go you with mighty spring
O'er the heather?
The fox lay hid by the birch-tree's root
In the heather.
The hare dashed to him with reckless foot
O'er the heather.
May God have mercy, but this is queer! --
Good gracious, how dare you dance so here
O'er the heather?
| Scheme | aBcBddB aBcB eeB aBcBxxB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011110111 0010 011101101 10010 11010011 0101101001 10010 011110111 0010 011101101 10010 11110110 11111101 10010 011110111 0010 011111101 10010 111101111 110111111 10010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 645 |
| Words | 116 |
| Sentences | 13 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 4, 3, 7 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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