The white rose and the red rose
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1832 (Kvikne) – 1910 (Paris)
The white rose and the red rose,
So sisters two were named, yes, named.
The white one was so quiet,
The red one laughed and flamed.
But different was their doing, yes,
When came the time of wooing, yes.
The white one turned so red, so red,
The red one turned so white.
For him the red one favored,
Him father would not bless, not bless.
But him the white one favored,
He got at once his 'Yes.'
The red one now was paling, yes,
With sorrow, psalms, and wailing, yes.
The white one turned so red, so red,
The red one turned so white.
Then father grew so fearful
And had to give his 'Yes,' oh, yes!
With songs and music cheerful
The wedding rang, oh, yes!
And soon sprang children rosen, yes,
In shoes and little hosen, yes.
The red one's, they were white,-and oh,
The white one's, they were red.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | xaxabbCD ebebbbCD fbfbbbxc |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 778 |
Words | 158 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
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