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

PAGE.
WHERE goest thou? Where?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bb c D e abf Df e ag Dg chh c ai Dif aggfj Dc aj D cff kXhkhhcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,1,1,3,2,1,2,2,3,1,2,3,5,2,2,1,3,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1111 101011 111 1010 110 1 1111 001011 1010 101111 010010 1 11101 1010 101111 111001 101101 001011 111001 1 1010101101 1010 11111 11111 1 11011 101111 111100000101 1101111011 1010 11011 1 011111011 1010 11011 0100110101 010111001 11101 01001 11011 100101101 101001101 110100101 111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 51
  • Average number of words per stanza: 9
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • summary of The Page And The Miller's Daughter;
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  • history of its creation;
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