This is an analysis of On The Lord's Prayer by Charles Lamb.

I have taught your young lips the good words to say over,
Which form the petition we call the Lord's Prayer,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cece XXcX cfcf cXcX fXfg Xfgf XhXh
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1111110010110 11001011011 111111110010 01001001111 110011010010 001011101001 110010011010 01011011001 0100100010010 00101001001 111111111110 001111101011 011111001010 001101111001 111110011010 101011111101 110111111010 11101001111 111111110110 11011101010 111110010010 11011111101 010110011010 01001111111 010110011010 1101011110 11001110010 01011101101 111100110011 110001011011 1110111110011 011101011011 1100100101010 11011011011 00110101100101 110001001101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 44

Repeated words/phrases

to, you, we, and