My Mother Told Me (Viking)



My mother told me

Someday I would buy

Galleys with good oars

Sails to distant shores

Stand up on the prow

Noble barque I steer

Steady course to the haven

Hew many foe-men

Hew many foe-men

About this poem

The song My mother told me, also known as Þat mælti mín móðir in its ninth-century old Norse form. It is almost like a viking chant

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Written on June 12, 2023

Submitted by notmrcchase on June 12, 2023

Modified by notmrcchase on June 12, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme x x a a x x x B B
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 195
Words 44
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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