This is an analysis of the poem Late, O Miller that begins with:

LATE, O miller,
The birds are silent,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabXXabXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110 01110 0101 00101110 10010110 0101 1110 01011 10110 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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