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

In Oxford there once lived a rich old lout
Who had some guest rooms that he rented out,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcdeeeeffddcceeaaffggbbXdhhXaaaiidceebbaajjXfkkXdaajjccllccXmXbnXllffmmmmaaoXnnbbggcXaXfXccaadcgXXcaaggddbbXallbbggXdggcckkjjbbmmeeeeaappllggffjjaqqccaaiiggXraaaassbbrrjjcXrrrXXfXrkkaallffllgXbbggrrtXccXbaagXdcrrffaaffddllccccffdcaammbbbbkkrrXXbbXXbbtt
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 667,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 30488
  • Average number of words per stanza: 5537
  • Amount of lines: 667
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, on, had, or, as, ', me, to, be, you, he, her, some, by, for, i, not, each, his, she, said, at, with, absalon, it, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, to, he, upon, for, 'who's are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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