The Norrona-race Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABACAD EFEFGHEH IJIJKLKL AMAMAMAM CN NOPOQ| Norrona race's longing | A |
| It was the sea's free wave | B |
| And fight of heroes thronging | A |
| And honor that it gave | B |
| Their thoughts and deeds upspringing | A |
| From roots in Surtr's fire | C |
| With branches topward swinging | A |
| To Yggdrasil aspire | D |
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| His course alone each guided | E |
| Oft brother harm was done | F |
| Our vict'ries were divided | E |
| The honor gained was one | F |
| Each heard his call time fated | G |
| First Norway Denmark came | H |
| The Swede the longest waited | E |
| But greatest grew his fame | H |
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| In eastern western regions | I |
| The Danish dragons shone | J |
| To Norway's roving legions | I |
| Jerusalem was known | J |
| From sparks the Swedish spirit | K |
| Struck forth in Poland's night | L |
| Through L tzen must inherit | K |
| Full half the world its light | L |
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| First Norseman Dane agreeing | A |
| In trying times were found | M |
| But Saga's will far seeing | A |
| By little men was bound | M |
| Then Norseman Swede agreeing | A |
| Time in its fullness found | M |
| And Saga's will far seeing | A |
| Shall nevermore be bound | M |
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| There is prophetic power | C |
| In longing hearts of men | N |
| Foretells our union's hour ' | - |
| For great deeds once again | N |
| Each festival so glorious | O |
| To solemn vows us draws | P |
| Forever be victorious | O |
| Our blood's our race's cause | Q |
Bjarnstjerne Bjarnson
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