1. The miller ground the corn to make flour. I think a miller was not an important figure in a medieval community.
2. Build: chap of sixteen stone, great stout fellow big in brawn and bone.

Beard: like any sow or fox was red.

Nose: it displayed a wart on which there stood a tuft of hair.

Equipment: sword and buckler.

Mouth: it was like a furnace door.

Clothes: he wore a hood of blue and white coat.

The miller is characterized by the narrator as a weighty and sturdy man. His abilities are communicated by his strength. He occupies in stupid actions that don’t make him an intelligent man. His occupation and his physical appearance underline his love for food. His physical appearance is compared to an animal’s one. He has a beard red like a sow or fox and his hair is red as the bristles in an old sow’s ears.

3. He was good at his job. Indeed, he was a “master-hand” at stealing grain.
4. “And that was how he brought us out of town”.
5. Amusing, clear, easy
6. Tenor: beard

          Common ground: red colour

          Vehicle: fox

7. He likes eating. He is rude and disgusting. He is also skilful in his job because he is able to understand and determinate the quality of grain.
8. He describes his physical appearance

          He gives details about his job

          He describes his clothes

9. Ironical

           Humorous