Emancipation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACAC ADAD EFEG AHAH IJKJ LMLM| Fling out your banners your honors be bringing | A |
| Raise to the ether your paeans of praise | B |
| Strike every chord and let music be ringing | A |
| Celebrate freely this day of all days | B |
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| Few are the years since that notable blessing | A |
| Raised you from slaves to the powers of men | C |
| Each year has seen you my brothers progressing | A |
| Never to sink to that level again | C |
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| Perched on your shoulders sits Liberty smiling | A |
| Perched where the eyes of the nations can see | D |
| Keep from her pinions all contact defiling | A |
| Show by your deeds what you're destined to be | D |
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| Press boldly forward nor waver nor falter | E |
| Blood has been freely poured out in your cause | F |
| Lives sacrificed upon Liberty's alter | E |
| Press to the front it were craven to pause | G |
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| Look to the heights that are worth your attaining | A |
| Keep your feet firm in the path to the goal | H |
| Toward noble deeds every effort be straining | A |
| Worthy ambition is food for the soul | H |
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| Up Men and brothers be noble be earnest | I |
| Ripe is the time and success is assured | J |
| Know that your fate was the hardest and sternest | K |
| When through those lash ringing days you endured | J |
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| Never again shall the manacles gall you | L |
| Never again shall the whip stroke defame | M |
| Nobles and Freemen your destinies call you | L |
| Onward to honor to glory and fame | M |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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