The Longbeard's Saga: A.d. 400 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEBFGHIBBJKLBMNEO PELBNBBQQBRSLTUVBEWV XYZBA2NBEBEBBBB2BBVC 2NNEBD2E2C2SNF2VWBG2 ESXH2ZH2F2BBI2J2NC2E 2BEBBVBNNEK2NSL2M2EB BN2VSO2D2NH2NBBBBBBN P2E2Q2S NR2BBS2F2T2M2VBU2EV2 W2P2 H2G2G2K2EEEX2BBBY2U2 LM2EBVY2EG2BEE VQ2| Over the camp fires | A |
| Drank I with heroes | B |
| Under the Donau bank | C |
| Warm in the snow trench | D |
| Sagamen heard I there | E |
| Men of the Longbeards | B |
| Cunning and ancient | F |
| Honey sweet voiced | G |
| Scaring the wolf cub | H |
| Scaring the horn owl | I |
| Shaking the snow wreaths | B |
| Down from the pine boughs | B |
| Up to the star roof | J |
| Rang out their song | K |
| Singing how Winil men | L |
| Over the ice floes | B |
| Sledging from Scanland | M |
| Came unto Scoring | N |
| Singing of Gambara | E |
| Freya's beloved | O |
| Mother of Ayo | P |
| Mother of Ibor | E |
| Singing of Wendel men | L |
| Ambri and Assi | B |
| How to the Winilfolk | N |
| Went they with war words | B |
| 'Few are ye strangers | B |
| And many are we | Q |
| Pay us now toll and fee | Q |
| Cloth yarn and rings and beeves | B |
| Else at the raven's meal | R |
| Bide the sharp bill's doom ' | S |
| Clutching the dwarfs work then | L |
| Clutching the bullock's shell | T |
| Girding gray iron on | U |
| Forth fared the Winils all | V |
| Fared the Alruna's sons | B |
| Ayo and Ibor | E |
| Mad at heart stalked they | W |
| Loud wept the women all | V |
| Loud the Alruna wife | X |
| Sore was their need | Y |
| Out of the morning land | Z |
| Over the snow drifts | B |
| Beautiful Freya came | A2 |
| Tripping to Scoring | N |
| White were the moorlands | B |
| And frozen before her | E |
| Green were the moorlands | B |
| And blooming behind her | E |
| Out of her gold locks | B |
| Shaking the spring flowers | B |
| Out of her garments | B |
| Shaking the south wind | B2 |
| Around in the birches | B |
| Awaking the throstles | B |
| And making chaste housewives all | V |
| Long for their heroes home | C2 |
| Loving and love giving | N |
| Came she to Scoring | N |
| Came unto Gambara | E |
| Wisest of Valas | B |
| 'Vala why weepest thou | D2 |
| Far in the wide blue | E2 |
| High up in the Elfin home | C2 |
| Heard I thy weeping ' | S |
| 'Stop not my weeping | N |
| Till one can fight seven | F2 |
| Sons have I heroes tall | V |
| First in the sword play | W |
| This day at the Wendels' hands | B |
| Eagles must tear them | G2 |
| Their mothers thrall weary | E |
| Must grind for the Wendels ' | S |
| Wept the Alruna wife | X |
| Kissed her fair Freya | H2 |
| 'Far off in the morning land | Z |
| High in Valhalla | H2 |
| A window stands open | F2 |
| Its sill is the snow peaks | B |
| Its posts are the waterspouts | B |
| Storm rack its lintel | I2 |
| Gold cloud flakes above | J2 |
| Are piled for the roofing | N |
| Far up to the Elfin home | C2 |
| High in the wide blue | E2 |
| Smiles out each morning thence | B |
| Odin Allfather | E |
| From under the cloud eaves | B |
| Smiles out on the heroes | B |
| Smiles on chaste housewives all | V |
| Smiles on the brood mares | B |
| Smiles on the smiths' work | N |
| And theirs is the sword luck | N |
| With them is the glory | E |
| So Odin hath sworn it | K2 |
| Who first in the morning | N |
| Shall meet him and greet him ' | S |
| Still the Alruna wept | L2 |
| 'Who then shall greet him | M2 |
| Women alone are here | E |
| Far on the moorlands | B |
| Behind the war lindens | B |
| In vain for the bill's doom | N2 |
| Watch Winil heroes all | V |
| One against seven ' | S |
| Sweetly the Queen laughed | O2 |
| 'Hear thou my counsel now | D2 |
| Take to thee cunning | N |
| Beloved of Freya | H2 |
| Take thou thy women folk | N |
| Maidens and wives | B |
| Over your ankles | B |
| Lace on the white war hose | B |
| Over your bosoms | B |
| Link up the hard mail nets | B |
| Over your lips | B |
| Plait long tresses with cunning | N |
| So war beasts full bearded | P2 |
| King Odin shall deem you | E2 |
| When off the gray sea beach | Q2 |
| At sunrise ye greet him ' | S |
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| Night's son was driving | N |
| His golden haired horses up | R2 |
| Over the eastern firths | B |
| High flashed their manes | B |
| Smiled from the cloud eaves out | S2 |
| Allfather Odin | F2 |
| Waiting the battle sport | T2 |
| Freya stood by him | M2 |
| 'Who are these heroes tall | V |
| Lusty limbed Longbeards | B |
| Over the swans' bath | U2 |
| Why cry they to me | E |
| Bones should be crashing fast | V2 |
| Wolves should be full fed | W2 |
| Where such mad hearted | P2 |
| Swing hands in the sword play ' | - |
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| Sweetly laughed Freya | H2 |
| 'A name thou hast given them | G2 |
| Shames neither thee nor them | G2 |
| Well can they wear it | K2 |
| Give them the victory | E |
| First have they greeted thee | E |
| Give them the victory | E |
| Yokefellow mine | X2 |
| Maidens and wives are these | B |
| Wives of the Winils | B |
| Few are their heroes | B |
| And far on the war road | Y2 |
| So over the swans' bath | U2 |
| They cry unto thee ' | - |
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| Royally laughed he then | L |
| Dear was that craft to him | M2 |
| Odin Allfather | E |
| Shaking the clouds | B |
| 'Cunning are women all | V |
| Bold and importunate | Y2 |
| Longbeards their name shall be | E |
| Ravens shall thank them | G2 |
| Where women are heroes | B |
| What must the men be | E |
| Theirs is the victory | E |
| No need of me ' | - |
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| - | |
| Eversley | V |
| From Hypatia | Q2 |
Charles Kingsley
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