Analysis of The Union of the Flags
Florence Earle Coates 1850 (Philadelphia) – 1927 (Philadelphia)
We have hung out the flags that we love best—
The British, the French and our own;
Adoring we see them together,
That never together were flown!
And we feel in the bond is a blessing
For every grief to atone.
O flag of my own Land, give welcome!
Be proud to embrace, fold with fold,
These emblems of service heroic
Whose measure can never be told:
These banners that speak to the future
Of honor that shall not grow old!
Across them is Sacrifice written;
They voice peoples generous, brave,
Who, suffering all men can suffer
This side of eternity, gave
Their best with unflinching devotion,
The wronged and the helpless to save.
They poured out their hearts’ blood for freedom;
They stood in the terrible way,
And bore the full brunt of the onslaught
That darkened the sun at noonday.
We gaze with dimmed eyes on their Colors,
Out souls strong for duty as they!
We will stand with high hearts by our Allies,
With fear of no evil but shame;
We will face coward Death and outface him,
In Liberty’s eloquent name;
For we’re of the brood of the Lion
That Tyranny never could tame!
Scheme | ABCBXB DEXECE FGCGFG DHXAXH XIXIFI |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (33%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1111011111 010010101 010111010 11001001 0110011010 11001101 111111110 11101111 110110010 11011011 110111010 11011111 01111010 11101001 110011110 11101001 111010010 01001011 111111110 11001001 01011101 1100111 111111110 11111011 11111111010 11111011 111101011 011001 101011010 11001011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,100 |
Words | 198 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 169 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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