This is an analysis of the poem The Jolly Miller that begins with:
It was a Jolly Miller lived on the River Dee;
He looked upon his piller, and there he found a flea:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaXba ccXdXd XXdefe ggbafX hhaXbX XhaXhX gXXdXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101010110101 1101010111101 11011111 1111001 111010101 111111 1101010111101 1111010110101 11011111 111101 01010111 010001 1111010110101 1101010011101 01111101 110111 11011010 100111 1101010111101 1111110010011 11010111 110101 11101110 10100010 1101010110101 11001010010101 110111101 1111010 110010101 1101110 11010101101110 1011010111111 11111001 111111 11100101 110101 1111010110111 110111111101010 11011111 0100101 10011111 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he, ', her, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, and, he's are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ' connects the lines.
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- summary of The Jolly Miller;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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