Analysis of Freedom's Battle-Song
RED, white, blue, the flag that leads us on,
Stripes as red as blood well shed by many a hero gone.
Now 'tis ours to storm the towers of tyranny and wrong,
Freedom's sons who front the guns with Freedom's battle-song.
Fly the flag from dome and steeple,
Fly the flag from home and school,
Flag of Freedom's birth,
While we battle that the rule
Of the people
By the people
For the people
Shall prevail o'er all the earth.
Red, white, blue, the flag that leads us on,
White as peace for whose release our fighting gear we don;
Peace enchained, crushed, profaned, shall yet in beauty stand,
Yet shall bless with fruitfulness her desolated land.
Fly the flag from dome and steeple,
Fly the flag from home and school,
Flag of Freedom's birth
While we battle that the rule
Of the people
By the people
For the people
Shall prevail o'er all the earth.
Red, white, blue, the flag that leads us on,
Blue as skies whose starry eyes shall see our victory won.
Freedom's sons and champions, to her our hearts are true,
We who fight for Human Right, and the Red,
White, Blue.
Fly the flag from dome and steeple,
Fly, the flag from home and school,
Flag of Freedom's birth,
While we battle that the rule
Of the people
By the people
For the people
Shall prevail o'er all the earth.
Scheme | AbccDEFEDDDFAaggDEFEDDDFAhijiDEFEDDDF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011111 11111111100101 111011010110001 1011101110101 10111010 1011101 11101 1110101 1010 1010 1010 10110101 111011111 11111011010111 1111110101 11111011 10111010 1011101 11101 1110101 1010 1010 1010 10110101 111011111 111110111101001 10101001010111 1111101001 11 10111010 1011101 11101 1110101 1010 1010 1010 10110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,237 |
Words | 238 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 37 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 979 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 236 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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