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.
And the home of the brave.
in the star spangled banner "twilight" means the time of day it was. when they say by the twilight's last gleaming, they mean the end of the day.
Descriptive phrases in bold:O say can you seeBy the dawn's early lightWhat so proudly we foughtAt the twilight's last gleamingWhose broad stripes and bright starsWere so gallantly streamingAnd the rocket's red glareThe bombs bursting in airGave proof through the nightThat our flag was still thereO say does that star spangled banner yet waveO'er the land of the freeAnd the home of the braveDescriptive means that something is described.Example: The banner (flag) is star spangled with broad stripes and bright stars and gallantly streaming is a description of the flag.Free describes land and helps to clarify which land we are talking about (same for brave).Bombs bursting in air and the rocket's red glare describes the battle.Dawn's early light and twilight's last gleaming describe the time of day and setting.
Twilight is sunset, so the last gleaming is when the beams of the sun all have disappeared.
The flag of the United States of America known as the "Star Spangled Banner" was flying over Fort McHenry on the morning of September 14th, 1814 after a 25 hour bombardment by British warships during the War of 1812. When the young lawyer, Francis Scott Key, awoke in the early morning light and saw the flag was still there he immediately started penning a poem, "In Defense of Fort M'Henry." The last lines of the first verse... "O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave,O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?" The name stuck especially when his poem became our National Anthem.
The last line of the Star-Spangled Banner isn't a question, it's a statement:"And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall waveo'er the land of the free and the home of the brave."The last line of the first verse does end with a question, quite similar to the statement except the first part is "O, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave".
And the home of the brave.
Francis Scott Key's last name is "Key." He wrote the lyrics to the United States national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner."
The US national anthem is The Star Spangled Banner
And where is that band who so vauntingly sworeThat the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,A home and a country should leave us no more!Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.No refuge could save the hireling and slaveFrom the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth waveO'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
in the star spangled banner "twilight" means the time of day it was. when they say by the twilight's last gleaming, they mean the end of the day.
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, threw' the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof threw' the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
Twilight's Last Gleaming has a runtime of approximately 2 hours and 26 minutes.
Kobol's Last Gleaming was created on 2005-01-17.
Descriptive phrases in bold:O say can you seeBy the dawn's early lightWhat so proudly we foughtAt the twilight's last gleamingWhose broad stripes and bright starsWere so gallantly streamingAnd the rocket's red glareThe bombs bursting in airGave proof through the nightThat our flag was still thereO say does that star spangled banner yet waveO'er the land of the freeAnd the home of the braveDescriptive means that something is described.Example: The banner (flag) is star spangled with broad stripes and bright stars and gallantly streaming is a description of the flag.Free describes land and helps to clarify which land we are talking about (same for brave).Bombs bursting in air and the rocket's red glare describes the battle.Dawn's early light and twilight's last gleaming describe the time of day and setting.
Yes, it was written about one of the last battles of the war, the attack on Fort McHenry in September, 1814.
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