Analysis of To Missionary Skrefsrud In Santalistan
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1832 (Kvikne) – 1910 (Paris)
I honor you, who, though refused, affronted,
Have heard the voice, and victory have won;
I honor you, who still by malice hunted,
Show miracles of faith and power done.
I honor you, God-thirsting soul so driven,
'Mid scorn and need the spirit's war to wage;
I honor you, by Gudbrand's valley given,
And of her sons the foremost in this age.
I do not share your faith, your daring dreaming;
This parts us not, the spirit's paths are broad.
For, all things great and noble round us streaming,
I worship them, because I worship God.
| Scheme | XAXA ABAB CXCX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 11011101010 1101010011 11011111010 1100110101 1101111110 1101010111 1101111010 010101011 11111111010 1111010111 11110101110 1101011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 526 |
| Words | 98 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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