Analysis of To Fredrika Bremer
John Greenleaf Whittier 1807 (Haverhill) – 1892 (Hampton Falls)
Seeress of the misty Norland,
Daughter of the Vikings bold,
Welcome to the sunny Vineland,
Which thy fathers sought of old!
Soft as flow of Siija's waters,
When the moon of summer shines,
Strong as Winter from his mountains
Roaring through the sleeted pines.
Heart and ear, we long have listened
To thy saga, rune, and song;
As a household joy and presence
We have known and loved thee long.
By the mansion's marble mantel,
Round the log-walled cabin's hearth,
Thy sweet thoughts and northern fancies
Meet and mingle with our mirth.
And o'er weary spirits keeping
Sorrow's night-watch, long and chill,
Shine they like thy sun of summer
Over midnight vale and hill.
We alone to thee are strangers,
Thou our friend and teacher art;
Come, and know us as we know thee;
Let us meet thee heart to heart!
To our homes and household altars
We, in turn, thy steps would lead,
As thy loving hand has led us
O'er the threshold of the Swede.
Scheme | ABAB CDXD AEXE XXXX XFXF CGXG CXXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (71%) |
Metre | 1101010 1010101 10101010 1110111 1111110 1011101 11101110 101011 10111110 1110101 1011010 1110111 1011010 101111 11101010 10101101 010101010 111101 11111110 101101 10111110 11010101 10111111 1111111 11010110 1011111 11101111 1001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 910 |
Words | 169 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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