Analysis of Volsung Saga
David Lopez Zayas 1969 (Vista Alegre)
Fafnir the Dragon,
Old and Cruel Serpent,
Devoured the deer,
In the Forest of Odin.
Sigurd the Viking,
With arms that were strong,
Boiled the leaf,
Of the flowery tree.
Odin gave the sword,
To the fierce Volsung,
Whom to the graceful victim,
Ran with speed and resolve.
The sharp point,
Of the fearsome fang,
Bit and slew,
The warrior of God.
The bloody bite,
The blade broke,
Leaving the weapon,
Without use or worth.
Where is my craft?
Sigmund was asked,
And for not paying the debt,
Sigurd's son lay dead.
I want my hero,
To no other I myself give,
From Signy was heard the voice,
And without tear into Sigmund's funeral fire she jumped.
Scheme | AXXA BXXX XBXX XXXX XXAX XXXX XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010 101010 01001 0010110 10010 11101 101 101001 10101 1011 1101010 111001 011 10101 101 010011 0101 011 10010 01111 1111 1011 0111001 1111 11110 1110111 111101 00110111001011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 626 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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