Analysis of Anton Martin Schweigaard (In The Church After The Funeral Oration)
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson 1832 ( Kvikne) – 1910 (Paris)
(See Note 47)
Give us, God, to Thee now turning,
Fullness of joy, tears full and burning,
Of will the full refining fire!
Hear our prayer o'er his inurning:
His will was one, the whole discerning,
His whole soul would to it aspire.
Yes; give us yet again,
With power to lead, great men, -
Power in counsel our folk to lead,
Our folk in deed,
Our folk in gladness and in need!
Thou, O God, our want preventest;
To raise the temple him Thou lentest,
A spirit bright and pure and great.
When Thou from time to call him meantest,
Her tender soul to him Thou sentest
Who went before to heaven's gate.
When Thou didst set him free,
An epoch ceased to be.
Men then marveled, the while they said:
"Living and dead,
O'er all our land he beauty spread."
Help us, God, to wiser waring,
When to our land Thou light art bearing,
That we Thy dayspring then may know.
God, our future Thou'rt preparing,
Oh, give us longing, honor's daring,
That we the great may not forego!
Thou sentest many out, -
Cease not, our God, nor doubt!
Let us follow Thy way, Thy call,
Men, words, and all!
Thy mercies shall our North enwall!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11 11111110 101111010 110101010 11011011 111101010 11111101 111101 1101111 1001010111 10101 10101001 1111011 11010111 01010101 11111111 01011111 11011101 111111 110111 11100111 1001 1011011101 11111010 1110111110 1111111 110101010 111101010 11011101 11101 1110111 11101111 1101 11011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,082 |
Words | 213 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 11, 11, 11 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 209 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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