This is an analysis of the poem The Mill that begins with:

The miller's wife had waited long,
The tea was cold, the fire was dead;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXXcX dededede fgfgcece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 011101011 11110101 01111111 10111010100 1111111 11110101 11011101 10011111 11111111 10011101 11010001 11111101 01011111 11110001 11110111 10110100 11110001 11100110 11011111 11010101 11010001 11011101 01110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 280
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; what is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

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  • summary of The Mill;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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