Analysis of Vardøgr (fetcher spirit)
Will one’s co-walker return to their own herd
no longer from to be heard
after the mortal shell’s interred?
Without reason to walk ahead
whistle, scuttle, mimic tread
whereupon that life is shed?
Wool-gathering of a mental sort
divorced from it’s genuine retort
Thwarted at last, a soul’s export.
Scheme | AAA BBB CCC |
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Poetic Form | Triplet |
Metre | 11110011111 1101111 1001011 01101101 1010101 1011111 110010101 01111001 10110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 306 |
Words | 53 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
About this poem
The concept of the vardøgr (a Norse word- pronounced ‘vard-deh-ay-grr’) is believed to originate in Scandinavian folklore, and the existence of a psychical or soul “watchman,” “warden,” or “guard” is actually a very real but fairly fringe phenomenon reserved for occult conversations or those who are well-acquainted with it (it is recognized and widely accepted in Norway, Finland, Iceland, and Scotland). In basic terms, people may possess a spirit precursor, which presents as some slight visage or commotion, giving notice of their imminent arrival, which is heard or seen by those already at that destination and often mistaken as the expected person’s actual entrance. Though western culture classifies these phenomena as ghostly, paranormal, or even akin to the doppelganger notion, the emergence of the quantum era is largely shedding new light on the perception of our consciousness as energy separate from our brains and physical bodies – with infinite motility. I, myself, have firsthand experience with this “forerunner” occurrence and know it as an actual, recurring experience – as I possess a vardøgr of my own. Before I delved into this matter for broader understanding, my brother’s vardøgr fooled me many times. more »
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