Analysis of God Bless Our Native Land
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper 1825 – 1911
God bless our native land,
Land of the newly free,
Oh may she ever stand
For truth and liberty.
God bless our native land,
Where sleep our kindred dead,
Let peace at thy command
Above their graves be shed.
God help our native land,
Bring surcease to her strife,
And shower from thy hand
A more abundant life.
God bless our native land,
Her homes and children bless,
Oh may she ever stand
For truth and righteousness.
| Scheme | AbAb Acac adad AxAx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 1110101 110101 111101 110100 1110101 1110101 111101 011111 1110101 11101 010111 010101 1110101 010101 111101 110100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 424 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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