Father, Father Abraham Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFGF BHIH JKLK| On the Anniversary of Lincoln's Birth | A |
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| Father Father Abraham | B |
| To day look on us from above | C |
| On us the offspring of thy faith | D |
| The children of thy Christ like love | C |
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| For that which we have humbly wrought | E |
| Give us to day thy kindly smile | F |
| Wherein we've failed or fallen short | G |
| Bear with us Father yet awhile | F |
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| Father Father Abraham | B |
| To day we lift our hearts to thee | H |
| Filled with the thought of what great price | I |
| Was paid that we might ransomed be | H |
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| To day we consecrate ourselves | J |
| Anew in hand and heart and brain | K |
| To send this judgment down the years | L |
| The ransom was not paid in vain | K |
James Weldon Johnson
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