The Heroes Of Dovrefeld (from The Old Danish) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE FGHG HIJI KALA MNJN OPJP FQRQ JSJS OTUT RJCJ| On Dovrefeld in Norway | A |
| Were once together seen | B |
| The twelve heroic brothers | C |
| Of Ingeborg the queen | B |
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| And they were all magicians | D |
| Possest of mighty art | E |
| Who freely read the Runic | F |
| And knew the rhyme by heart | E |
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| The first could turn the lightning | F |
| And quench its ruddy gleam | G |
| The second with a whisper | H |
| Could still the running stream | G |
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| The third beneath the water | H |
| Could dive like any fish | I |
| The fourth could get provision | J |
| By striking on his dish | I |
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| The fifth upon the gold harp | K |
| So pleasantly could play | A |
| That all the men who heard him | L |
| Began to dance away | A |
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| The sixth he had a bugle | M |
| And when he blew a blast | N |
| The stoutest of his foemen | J |
| Would fly before him fast | N |
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| The seventh unimpeded | O |
| Through solid hills could roam | P |
| The eighth could walk the ocean | J |
| When billows were in foam | P |
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| The ninth could draw by magic | F |
| The fishes from the deep | Q |
| The tenth was never weary | R |
| Nor overcome by sleep | Q |
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| The eleventh bound the dragon | J |
| Which crept among the grass | S |
| And all he wish'd to happen | J |
| Was sure to come to pass | S |
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| The twelfth who was reputed | O |
| The wisest of the band | T |
| Knew what was going forward | U |
| In every foreign land | T |
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| And now forsooth I tell ye | R |
| Who listen to my strain | J |
| That such a set of brothers | C |
| Will ne'er be seen again | J |
George Borrow
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