Analysis of The Spinner
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1832 (Kvikne) – 1910 (Paris)
Oh, what was it he meant
By his question as he went?
'I am making a loom,
'T will be up in April's bloom;
If you think it may be,
Spin for me!'
Oh, what shall I believe?
Does he think himself to weave?
And the yarn that I spin,
Lo, he thinks to weave it in?
And so soon as the Spring
Flowers shall bring?
And he laughed when he'd done;
Oh, he is so full of fun.
Dare I trust all my skein
To so young and wild a swain?-
May God help to bind in
All I spin!
| Scheme | AABBCC DDEEFF GGHHEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 1110111 111001 11110101 111111 111 111101 1110111 001111 1111110 011101 1011 011111 1111111 111111 1110101 111110 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 445 |
| Words | 105 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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