Halfdan Kjerulf Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDD CCAAEEAA DFF D GGHHCCIIC C| Winter had sought his life's tree to o'erthrow | A |
| Youthful and strong But his blood's vernal flow | B |
| Saved it from death through the cold and the maiming | C |
| Late in the summer bright flowers were flaming | C |
| Late in the autumn they swelled to completeness | D |
| Fruits that were few but of fragrance and sweetness | D |
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| Poets received them to endless seed sowing | C |
| Where for his folk endless summer is glowing | C |
| While more and more | A |
| Stricken he hung o'er the death river's shore | A |
| Fighting in weakness the winter abhorred | E |
| Fighting for summer the singer's reward | E |
| Fighting while failing with modesty rare | A |
| Soon but in prayer | A |
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| Summer received him He now is victorious | D |
| Now while they harvest the yellowing corn | F |
| Now while the hills hear the notes of the horn | F |
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| He | - |
| enters glorious | D |
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| Mirrored in him is true poetry's force | G |
| Marked by our winter in summer its source | G |
| E'en as the air with its quivering sheen | H |
| Leaves of the forests and red peaks serene | H |
| Waters that wander 'mid meadows delaying | C |
| Sound with the music the sunshine is playing | C |
| Poetry also shall leap with new life | I |
| If it though failing is faithful in strife | I |
| Leap from death's thronging | C |
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| Soon comes the summer with summer's pure longing | C |
Bjarnstjerne Bjarnson
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