Analysis of To A Godson
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1832 (Kvikne) – 1910 (Paris)
(With an album containing portraits of all those who at the time of
his birth were leaders in the intellectual and political world.)
Here hast thou before thee that constellation
Whereunder was born thy light;
These stars in the vault of high thoughts' mutation
Will fashion thy life with might.
Their prophecy, little one, we cannot know,
They light up the way that, unknown, thou shalt go
And kindle the thoughts that within shall glow.
Thou first shalt them gather,
Then choose thine own,-
So canst thou the rather
Grope on alone.
| Scheme | XX ABABCCCDEDE |
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11100101011111011 11010000100001001 1110111010 11111 11001111010 1101111 11001011101 11101101111 0100110111 111110 1111 111010 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 529 |
| Words | 96 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 11 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 213 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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