Analysis of A Democratic Hymn

Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)



Republicans of differing views
Are pro or con protection;
If that's the issue they would choose,
Why, we have no objection.
The issue we propose concerns
Our hearts and homes more nearly:
A wife to whom the nation turns
And venerates so dearly.
So, confident of what shall be,
Our gallant host advances,
Giving three cheers for Grover C.
And three times three for Frances!

So gentle is that honored dame,
And fair beyond all telling,
The very mention of her name
Sets every breast to swelling.
She wears no mortal crown of gold--
No courtiers fawn around her--
But with their love young hearts and old
In loyalty have crowned her--
And so with Grover and his bride
We're proud to take our chances,
And it's three times three for the twain give we--
But particularly for Frances!


Scheme ABABCDCDDEDF GHGHIJIJXEDF
Poetic Form
Metre 010011001 1111010 11010111 1111010 01010101 10101110 01110101 010110 11001111 10101010 10111101 0111110 11011101 0101110 01010101 11001110 11110111 11001010 11111101 0100110 01110011 11111010 0111110111 11000110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 763
Words 141
Sentences 7
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 12, 12
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 307
Words per stanza (avg) 70
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Eugene Field

Eugene Field, Sr. was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. more…

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