Analysis of Fling Out The Anti Slavery Flag



Fling out the Anti-slavery flag
On every swelling breeze;
And let its folds wave o'er the land,
And o'er the raging seas,
Till all beneath the standard sheet,
With new allegiance bow;
And pledge themselves to onward bear
The emblem of their vow.

Fling out the Anti-Slavery flag,
And let it onward wave
Till it shall float o'er every clime,
And liberate the slave;
Till, like a meteor flashing far,
It bursts with glorious light,
And with its Heaven-born rays dispels
The gloom of sorrow's night.

Fling out the Anti-Slavery flag,
And let it not be furled,
Till like a planet of the skies,
It sweeps around the world.
And when each poor degraded slave,
Is gathered near and far;
O, fix it on the azure arch,
As hope's eternal star.

Fling out the Anti-Slavery flag,
Forever let it be
The emblem to a holy cause,
The banner of the free.
And never from its guardian height,
Let it by man be driven,
But let it float forever there,
Beneath the smiles of heaven.


Scheme Abcbxded Afxfghxh Acxxfgxg Aixihjej
Poetic Form
Metre 110101001 1100101 011111001 0100101 11010101 110101 01011101 010111 110101001 011101 1111101001 01001 110100101 1111001 011101101 01111 110101001 011111 11010101 110101 01110101 110101 11110101 110101 110101001 010111 01010101 010101 010111001 1111110 11110101 0101110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 932
Words 176
Sentences 7
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 186
Words per stanza (avg) 44
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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