Analysis of At The Mill.
Freeman Edwin Miller 1864 – 1951
The water-wheel goes 'round and 'round
With heavy sighs of mournful sound,
While dismal cries and weary moans
Unite with sad and tearful groans,
And weeping waves of water throw
Afar the echoes of their sadness,
And cadences of plaintive woe
Dispel each little note of gladness.
My daily life goes 'round and 'round,
And rest for me is never found;
The sobbing dirges of distress
Are more than songs of happiness;
The shadows of despairing doom
Condemn to-day and curse to-morrow,
And muffled terrors fill the gloom
Which offers anguish to my sorrow.
But hope, O, heart, for future weal!
The waters rest beyond the wheel;
So life may sing when toil is done
And all its battles lost or won.
There lives a sweeter music there,
Of gentle and melodious measure,
Where weeping never comes and where
The ages perish into pleasure.
Scheme | AABBCDCB AAXDECEC FFGGHIHI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011101 11011101 11010101 1110101 01011101 010101110 01001101 01110111 11011101 01111101 0101101 11111100 0110101 011101110 01010101 110101110 11111101 01010101 11111111 01110111 11010101 1100010010 11010101 010100110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 807 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 219 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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