Analysis of Sin, death
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1832 (Kvikne) – 1910 (Paris)
Sin and Death, those sisters two,
Two, two,
Sat together while dawned the morning.
Sister, marry! Your house will do,
Do, do,
For me, too, was Death's warning.
Sin was wedded, and Death was pleased,
Pleased, pleased,
Danced about them the day they married;
Night came on, she the bridegroom seized,
Seized, seized,
And away with her carried.
Sin soon wakened alone to weep,
Weep, weep.
Death sat near in the dawn of morning:
Him you love, I love too and keep,
Keep, keep.
He is here, was Death's warning.
| Scheme | AABAAB CCDCCD EEBEEB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011101 11 101011010 10101111 11 1111110 11100111 11 101101110 1111011 11 0011010 1110111 11 111001110 11111101 11 1111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 495 |
| Words | 92 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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