Analysis of Rallying song for freedom in the north to
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1832 (Kvikne) – 1910 (Paris)
Dishonored by the higher, but loved by all the low,-
Say, is it not the pathway that the new has to go?
By those who ought to guard it betrayed, oh yes, betrayed,-
Say, is it not thus truth ever progress has made?
Some summer day beginning, a murmur in the grain,
It grows to be a roaring through the forests amain,
Until the sea shall bear it with thunder-trumpets' tone,
Where nothing, nothing's heard but it alone, it alone.
With Northern allies warring we take the Northern
For God and for our freedom-is the watchword we bring.
That God, who gave us country and language, and all,
We find Him in our doing, if we hear and heed His call.
That doing we will forward, we many, although weak,
'Gainst all in fearless fighting, who the truth will not seek:-
Some summer day beginning, a murmur in the grain,
It goes now as a roaring through the forests amain.
'T will grow to be a storm ere men think that this can be,
With voice of thunder sweeping o'er the infinite sea.
What nation God's call follows, earth's greatest power shall show,
And carry all before it, though it high stand or low.
Scheme | aabb Ccdd xxee ffCc ggaa |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) |
Metre | 0101010111101 111101101111 1111111011101 11111110111 1101010010001 111101010101 0101111110101 1101011101101 110101011010 1101101010111 111111001001 111010101110111 110111011011 1101010101111 1101010010001 111101010101 11111011111111 11110101001001 11011101101011 0101011111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,082 |
Words | 209 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 42 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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