Analysis of New Hampshire
John Greenleaf Whittier 1807 (Haverhill) – 1892 (Hampton Falls)
GOD bless New Hampshire! from her granite peaks
Once more the voice of Stark and Langdon speaks.
The long-bound vassal of the exulting South
For very shame her self-forged chain has broken;
Turn the black seal of slavery from her mouth,
And in the clear tones of her old time spoken!
Oh, all undreamed-of, all unhoped for changes!
The tyrants's ally proves his sternest foe;
To all his biddings, from her mountain ranges,
New Hampshire thunders an indignant No!
Who is it now despairs? Oh, faint of heart,
Look upward to those Northern mountain cold,
Flouted by Freedom's victor-flag unrolled
And gather strength to bear a manlier part!
All is not lost. The angel of God's blessing
Encamps with Freedom on the field of fight;
Still to her banner, day by day, are pressing,
Unlooked-for allies, striking for the right!
Courage, then, Northern hearts! Be firm, be true:
What one brave State hath done, can ye not also do?
Scheme | AABCBCDEDEFGFFHIHIJJ |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1111010101 1101110101 01110100101 11010111110 10111100101 00011101110 1101111110 011011101 1111101010 1101010101 1111011111 1101110101 101101011 010111011 11110101110 111010111 11010111110 111010101 1011011111 111111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 908 |
Words | 161 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 722 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 159 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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