This is an analysis of O Lord, Our Father by Mark Twain.
O Lord, our father,
Our young patriots, idols of our hearts,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXXX cdddecf dagXgchaaih cbdXbdch eeiibXf
- Stanza lengths: 5,7,11,8,7,
- Metre: 11110 1110010011 110100110 0001011011 00110101010000101 1111 1101110 0101011 110101101 001101100111010100 010010110 1001 110111101 00101010 11010101 10001001010111010110 0110100101000101 10001 0111011 10011010 10101010 100101001 010110100011010 11110111 111 111 01110100 11011 1011011 1011001 01101 110001001 01100101 11001010 101101111011101010 1011 01
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 37
Repeated words/phrases
our, to, of, their, help, us, and
Epiphora
love