Ingerid Sletten Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBC BDEB FAAF FAAF FAAF GAAG| Ingerid Sletten of Sillejord | A |
| Neither gold nor silver did own | B |
| But a little hood of gay wool alone | B |
| Her mother had given of yore | C |
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| A little hood of gay wool alone | B |
| With no braid nor lining was here | D |
| But parent love made it ever dear | E |
| And brighter than gold it shone | B |
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| She kept the hood twenty years just so | F |
| Be it spotless softly she cried | A |
| Until I shall wear it once as bride | A |
| When I to the altar go | F |
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| She kept the hood thirty years just so | F |
| Be it spotless softly she cried | A |
| Then wear it I will a gladsome bride | A |
| When it to our Lord I show | F |
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| She kept the hood forty years just so | F |
| With her mother ever in mind | A |
| Little hood be with me to this resigned | A |
| That ne'er to the altar we'll go | F |
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| She steps to the chest where the hood has lain | G |
| And seeks it with swelling heart | A |
| She guides her hand to its place apart | A |
| But never a thread did remain | G |
Bjarnstjerne Bjarnson
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