Hailed meant acclaimed or honored with fanfare. Twilight still means dusk, the end of the days light as night falls.
Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? "twilight's last gleaming"- In the context of the USofA national anthem it's a reference to the ending of the day prior.
WHAT' O!SAY DOES That star-spangled banner yet wave' mean
star spangled means covered in stars
freedom
over
Hail is another way if honoring the flag and all that it stands for.
Hail is another way if honoring the flag and all that it stands for.
Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? "twilight's last gleaming"- In the context of the USofA national anthem it's a reference to the ending of the day prior.
WHAT' O!SAY DOES That star-spangled banner yet wave' mean
In the Star Spangled Banner the word (Dawn) means "beginning of the day"
In the Star Spangled Banner the word (Dawn) means "beginning of the day"
star spangled means covered in stars
freedom
over
A banner is a flag. adding a bunch of stars to it is to spangle it, if you're a poet. So the star-spangled banner is the American flag.
At the time the lyrics were composed, 1812, banner was another word for flag.
the star spangled banner song means freedom to are nation.