Analysis of The Page And The Miller's Daughter
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
WHERE goest thou? Where?
Miller's daughter so fair!
Thy name, pray?--
PAGE.
Where goest thou? Where?
With the rake in thy hand?
MILLER'S DAUGHTER.
Father's meadows and land
To visit, I'm busy.
PAGE.
Dost go there alone?
MILLER'S DAUGHTER.
By this rake, sir, 'tis shown
That we're making the hay;
And the pears ripen fast
In the garden at last,
So I'll pick them to-day.
PAGE.
Is't a silent thicket I yonder view?
MILLER'S DAUGHTER.
Oh, yes! there are two;
There's one on each side.
PAGE.
I'll follow thee soon;
When the sun burns at noon
We'll go there, o'urselves from his rays to hide,
And then in some glade all-verdant and deep--
MILLER'S DAUGHTER.
Why, people would say--
PAGE.
Within mine arms thou gently wilt sleep.
Your pardon, I pray!
Whoever is kiss'd by the miller-maid,
Upon the spot must needs be betray'd.
'Twould give me distress
To cover with white
Your pretty dark dress.
Equal with equal! then all is right!
That's the motto in which I delight.
I am in love with the miller-boy;
He wears nothing that I could destroy.
Scheme | Aa b CAd Ed x Cf Ef bgg b Ch Ehi Cjjik Eb Ck bll m nmnnoo |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 101011 111 1 1111 101011 1010 10101 110110 1 11101 1010 111111 111001 001101 001011 111111 1 11010101101 1010 11111 11111 1 11011 101111 111111111 0101111001 1010 11011 1 011111011 11011 0101110101 010111101 11101 11011 11011 101101111 101001101 110110101 111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,070 |
Words | 194 |
Sentences | 35 |
Stanzas | 17 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 5, 2, 2, 3, 1, 6 |
Lines Amount | 41 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 46 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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