Analysis of N. P. Rogers
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper 1825 – 1911
Rogers, will not future story
Tell thy glorious fame?
And in hues of living glory
Robe thy spotless name?
There was more than mortal seeming
In thy wondrous eye,--
Like a silv'ry star-ray gleaming
Through a liquid _sky_.
Of that angel spirit telling,
Noble, clear and bright,
In thy 'inner temple' dwelling,
Veiled from mortal sight!
Of that spirit meek and lowly,
Yet so bold and free,
In its all-absorbing, holy,
Love of Liberty.
Thou didst leave us, gentle brother,
In thy manhood's pride;
And we vainly seek another
Heart so true and tried!
Thou art dwelling with the angels
In the spirit land!
Chanting low and sweet evangels,
'Mid a seraph band.
But when Freedom's champions rally
'Gainst the despot's sway,
Then they mourn the friend and ally
That has passed away.
And when Liberty's bright banner
Waves o'er land and sea,
And is heard the loud hosanna
Of the ransomed free,--
On its silken folds, in letters
Traced with diamond bright,
Shall thy name, the foe of fetters,
Blaze in hues of light!
Scheme | ABAB CDCC CECE AAAA FGFG HIHI AJDJ FAXA KEKE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 10111010 111001 00111010 11101 11111010 01101 1011110 10101 11101010 10101 01101010 11101 11101010 11101 01101010 11100 11111010 0111 01101010 11101 11101010 00101 101011 1011 111010010 1011 11101010 11101 01100110 110101 011011 1011 11101010 11101 11101110 10111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 976 |
Words | 179 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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