Shall Be Free Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDCEFGFG HIHIFJFJ KLKMENEN FOFPFAFA QRERSATA UVUVFAFA| ALL PERSON'S HELD AS SLAVES within said designated States and parts of States ARE AND HENCEFORWARD SHALL BE FREE | A |
| Proclamation of Emancipation Jan st | B |
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| Shall be free shall be free lo the strong winds have caught it | C |
| And borne it from hill top to hill top afar | D |
| And echo to answering echo has taught it | C |
| Through the din of the conflict the thunder of war | E |
| It has flashed like the lightning from ocean to ocean | F |
| Across the black face of the skies it has blazed | G |
| And strong men have thrilled with unwonted emotion | F |
| And shouted for joy as they listened and gazed | G |
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| Shall be free shall be free the poor manacled chattel | H |
| Has caught the sweet word amid fetters and blows | I |
| It has burst on his ear through the tumult of battle | H |
| Through the shoutings of friends and the cursings of foes | I |
| And lifting his poor fettered hands up to heaven | F |
| He has joined in the song that ascended to God | J |
| Or kneeling in trembling rapture has given | F |
| Thanksgiving to Him who has broken the rod | J |
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| Shall be free shall be free there are ears that have listened | K |
| There are lips that have prayed through long agonized years | L |
| There are eyes that with hope's fitful radiance have glistened | K |
| Yet as hope was deferred have grown heavy with tears | M |
| Joy joy thou hast heard it at last lonely weeper | E |
| Look up for the prayer of thy anguish is heard | N |
| Look up ye bruised spirits for God is your keeper | E |
| And the heart of His boundless compassion is stirred | N |
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| Shall be free shall be free O Humanity listen | F |
| The Dawn that long since on the pale Watcher shone | O |
| Now higher and brighter and clearer has risen | F |
| As the Day star rides on toward the glories of noon | P |
| Those words that rang out from the isles of the ocean | F |
| Sarmatia has echoed from mountain to sea | A |
| And America from her red field of commotion | F |
| He echoes the same stirring words Shall be free | A |
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| Hark all the wild air is astir with the tempest | Q |
| The swift lightnings leap in red arrows on high | R |
| Winds shriek to mad winds and the hoarse thunder answer | E |
| As it ploughs its dread path through the shuddering sky | R |
| There are hisses of serpents and howlings of demons | S |
| And moanings of anguish by land and by sea | A |
| But clearer than angel tones high o'er the tumult | T |
| Rings out the glad utterance they shall be free | A |
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| And lo dimly seen on the crest of the billow | U |
| Lashed white by the storm undismayed and serene | V |
| Moves that form that once bent o'er the sufferer's pillow | U |
| And touched the dim eyes till strange glories were seen | V |
| And sweetly to ears that will patiently listen | F |
| That voice which spake peace to turbulent sea | A |
| Now speaks through the roar of the tempest uprisen | F |
| In tones unmistakable THEY SHALL BE FREE | A |
Pamela S. Vining, (j. C. Yule)
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