Analysis of Upon The Lord's Prayer

John Bunyan 1628 (Elstow, Bedfordshire) – 1688 (London)



Our Father which in heaven art,
Thy name be always hallowed;
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done;
Thy heavenly path be followed
By us on earth as 'tis with thee,
We humbly pray;
And let our bread us given be,
From day to day.
Forgive our debts as we forgive
Those that to us indebted are:
Into temptation lead us not,
But save us from the wicked snare.
The kingdom's thine, the power too,
We thee adore;
The glory also shall be thine
For evermore.


Scheme ABCBDEDEFGHIJKLK
Poetic Form
Metre 101010101 111110 11011111 11001110 11111111 1101 011011101 1111 011011101 11110101 01010111 11110101 01010101 1101 01010111 110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 439
Words 88
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 344
Words per stanza (avg) 86
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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John Bunyan

John Bunyan was an English Christian writer and preacher, who is well known for his book The Pilgrim's Progress. more…

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