cultural resources in henrik ibsen's early environment - Ibsen.net

("If all the boys stood in a line"); but all of this kind have that true, strong nature's
priceless mood, replaceable by no substitute.
In technical respects, one notices that all are formed according to the same
pattern, because they are the same melody underneath; from this perhaps the name.
The easily soluble iambic series for each of these are besides not otherwise notable,
than that the last enjambment's variation or supplement of the thought in the first
enjambment, which can be compared with similar in heroic ballads, bears witness to
the poems' origin by improvisation, and furthermore what is more essential, that in the
most highly imperfect rhyme the vocal sounds' resonance is sought with surprising
accuracy and found with certainty. Should this signify that poetry with assonances
will be able to find acceptance among our people?
With these introductory comments the book is delivered to readers of good
will. Its poetry and melodies sound around Mangen's bow, soothing him in his first
slumber and blending themselves in his gentlest dream; his childhood memories will
better and more prettily tell their tale.
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