This is an analysis of the poem The Maid Of The Mill's Treachery that begins with:
WHENCE comes our friend so hastily,
When scarce the Eastern sky is grey?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bb bc dc d e XX fe fe f g Xg Xh Xh g e ge gi ei e a gb gf ef e g bg bf cf c i fi fi ii i h hh hc ic i b ja ji gi X e fe Xi iiXi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111100 11010101 11111100 01010101 01010101 1110001001 11010001 01111001 01011111 11111111 10011101 11000110 11010101 01001101 11011001 11110111 01011101 01110101 11011101 11110101 10110101 01011101 11110101 11001101 100111001 110100111 11011001 111010101 11110001 10010001 11110101 11110111 11011100 01011101 11010101 10110111 01000111 01010101 01010110 11010101 11010111 11010100 01010101 01010101 11110101 01010101 11110111 11011001 11010101 011110001 11010101 110101001 11110111 11110101 11110111 11010101 11111111 01010101 110100111 11110111 11110111 11110111 11110011 01010011 11000111 111100010 10010100 110100010 101101001 10110101 01110010 11010010 11100101 11010111 11010101 10110111 11000101 11111111 10110101 110101001
- Amount of stanzas: 50
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 56
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 80
- 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; had, his, he, and, her, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
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