Analysis of Liberty Ball



Come all ye true friends of the nation,
Attend to humanity’s call;
Come aid the poor slave’s liberation,
And roll on the liberty ball —
And roll on the liberty ball —
Come aid the poor slave’s liberation,
And roll on the liberty ball.
The Liberty hosts are advancing —
For freedom to all they declare;
The down-trodden millions are sighing—
Come, break up our gloom of despair.
Come break up our gloom of despair, &c.
Y Democrats, coma to the rescue,
And aid on the liberty cause,
And millions will rise up and bless you,
With heart-cheering songs of applause,
With heart-cheering songs, &c
Ye Whigs, forsake slavery’s minions,
And boldly step into our ranks;
‘We care not for party opinions,
But invite all he friends of the banks,—
And invite all the friends of the banks, &c.
And when we have formed the blest union
We’ll firmly march on, one and alt—
We’ll sing when we meet in communion,
And roll on the liberty bill,
And roll on the liberty ball, &c.


Scheme abABBABcdcdefgfheijijeakale
Poetic Form
Metre 111111010 01111 11011010 01101001 01101001 11011010 01101001 010011010 11011101 011010110 111101101 1111011011 110101010 01101001 010111011 11101101 111011 1101110 010101101 111110010 101111101 0011011011 011110110 11011101 111110010 01101001 011010011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 964
Words 177
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 27
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 735
Words per stanza (avg) 174
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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