Analysis of Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga of King Olaf I. -- The Challenge Of Thor
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)
I am the God Thor,
I am the War God,
I am the Thunderer!
Here in my Northland,
My fastness and fortress,
Reign I forever!
Here amid icebergs
Rule I the nations;
This is my hammer,
Miölner the mighty;
Giants and sorcerers
Cannot withstand it!
These are the gauntlets
Wherewith I wield it,
And hurl it afar off;
This is my girdle;
Whenever I brace it,
Strength is redoubled!
The light thou beholdest
Stream through the heavens,
In flashes of crimson,
Is but my red beard
Blown by the night-wind,
Affrighting the nations!
Jove is my brother;
Mine eyes are the lightning;
The wheels of my chariot
Roll in the thunder,
The blows of my hammer
Ring in the earthquake!
Force rules the world still,
Has ruled it, shall rule it;
Meekness is weakness,
Strength is triumphant,
Over the whole earth
Still is it Thor's-Day!
Thou art a God too,
O Galilean!
And thus single-handed
Unto the combat,
Gauntlet or Gospel,
Here I defy thee!
Scheme | ABAXCD XEDFXG CGXHGX BEIXXE DXXDDX XGCXXX XIXXHF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011 11011 1101 1011 110010 11010 10110 11010 11110 11010 100100 10011 1101 1111 011011 11110 010111 11010 0111 11010 010110 11111 11011 1010 11110 111010 0111100 10010 011110 1001 11011 111111 1110 11010 10011 11111 11011 1010 011010 10010 10110 11011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 893 |
Words | 167 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 42 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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