This is an analysis of the poem Milkmaid that begins with:

The girl's far treble, muted to the heat,
calls like a fainting bird across the fields...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb bccb XdXd adXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111010001 1101010101 0101110101 1111010101 1101110101 1111110111 11111100101 0101010011 1001111001 111101001 10111000101 1001010011 1101010111 1101011111 0111010101 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; their is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Milkmaid;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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