This is an analysis of Xix: The Mill Stream Now That Noises Cease by Alfred Edward Housman.
The mill-stream, now that noises cease,
Is all that does not hold its peace;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd bbee
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 01111101 01111101 10010101 11111111 11011101 11111101 11111101 11010101 11110111 1110111 11010101 11110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
and, i
