Analysis of Sung for norway's riflemen
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1832 (Kvikne) – 1910 (Paris)
Fly the banner, fly the banner!
For our freedom fight!
'Neath the banner, 'neath the banner,
Riflemen unite!
Graybeard in the Storting
Gives his vote for right and truth,
Rifle-voice supporting
Of our armèd youth.
Music runeful
Ring out tuneful
Bullets sent point-blank,
Fiery coursing,
Freedom forcing
Way to royal rank;
They from silent valleys
To the Storting's rallies
Bring the clear 'Rah! Rah!'
And there clamors o'er us
Loud the rifle chorus,
Piercing and repeated: 'Rah! Rah!
Rah-rah, rah-rah, rah-rah, rah-rah.'
As the lingering echo rattles,
Listens sure our Mother Norway,
That her sons can go the war-way,
Fight her freedom's future battles.
| Scheme | ABABCDCDEEFCCFGGHIIHH JKKJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (24%) |
| Metre | 10101010 110101 10101010 11 100010 1111101 101010 110111 101 1110 10111 10010 1010 11101 111010 10110 10111 011101 101010 10001011 11111111 101001010 10110101 10111011 10101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 638 |
| Words | 108 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 21, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 254 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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