Analysis of The Maiden On The Shore
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1832 (Kvikne) – 1910 (Paris)
She wandered so young on the shore around,
Her thoughts were by naught on earth now bound.
Soon came there a painter, his art he plied
Above the tide,
In shadow wide,-
He painted the shore and herself beside.
More slowly she wandered near him around,
Her thoughts by a single thing were bound.
And this was his picture wherein he drew
Herself so true,
Herself so true,
Reflected in ocean with heaven's blue.
All driven and drawn far and wide around
Her thoughts now by everything were bound.
Far over the ocean,-and yet most dear
The shore right here,
The man so near,
Did ever the sunshine so bright appear!
| Scheme | aabbbb aacCCc aadxdd |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101110101 010111111 1110101111 0101 011 1100100101 1101101101 011010101 0111100111 0111 0111 0100101101 1100110101 01111001 1100100111 0111 0111 110011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 599 |
| Words | 115 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 160 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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