This is an analysis of the poem The Miller's Daughter that begins with:

It is the miller's daughter,
And she is grown so dear, so dear,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabacc bcXccc XdXdcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0001010 11011111 1110010 110001 11010111 11011111 1110010 01010101 10111011 010101 11110011 11011111 1110010 11110111 0101010 0010101 11111111 111010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; and, her are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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