Analysis of The Miller's Daughter
Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809 – 1892
It is the miller's daughter,
And she is grown so dear, so dear,
That I would be the jewel
That trembles in her ear:
For hid in ringlets day and night,
I'd touch her neck so warm and white.
And I would be the girdle
About her dainty dainty waist,
And her heart would beat against me,
In sorrow and in rest:
And I should know if it beat right,
I'd clasp it round so close and tight.
And I would be the necklace,
And all day long to fall and rise
Upon her balmy bosom,
With her laughter or her sighs:
And I would lie so light, so light,
I scarce should be unclasp'd at night.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010 01111111 1111010 11001 1101101 11011101 0111010 01010101 00111011 010001 01111111 11111101 0111010 01111101 0101010 1010101 01111111 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 587 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 145 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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