Landfall Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD AEFEGG AHIHJJ| And that was Olaf Trygvason | A |
| Going o'er the North Sea grim | B |
| Straight for his home and kingdom steering | C |
| Where none awaited him | B |
| Now the first mountains tower | D |
| Are they walls on the ocean that lower | D |
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| And that was Olaf Trygvason | A |
| Fast the land seemed locked at first | E |
| All of his youthful kingly longings | F |
| Doomed on the cliffs to burst | E |
| Until a skald discovered | G |
| Shining domes in the cloud mists that hovered | G |
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| And that was Olaf Trygvason | A |
| Seemed to see before his eyes | H |
| Mottled and gray some timeless temple | I |
| Lifting white domes to the skies | H |
| Sorely he longed to win it | J |
| Stand and hallow his young faith within it | J |
Bjarnstjerne Bjarnson
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