Analysis of Flying Slave
The night is dark, and keen the air,
And the Slave is flying to be free;
His parting word is one short prayer;
O God, but give me Liberty!
Farewell-farewell;
Behind I leave the whips and chains,
Before me spreads sweet Freedom's plains.
One star shines in the heavens above,
That guides him on his lonely way;-
Star of the North-how deep his love
For thee, thou star of Liberty!
Farewell-farewell;
Behind he leaves the whips and chains,
Before him spreads sweet Freedom's plains.
| Scheme | ababCdd exebCdd |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01110101 001110111 11011111 11111100 11 01110101 01111101 111001001 11111101 11011111 11111100 11 01110101 01111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 474 |
| Words | 87 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 7 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 187 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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