This is an analysis of the poem The Kalevala - Proem that begins with:
MASTERED by desire impulsive,
By a mighty inward urging,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaaabaacddeafdbbcfXafgdffaheecibcXXXXdXijikadaXajXXbidXbbbdbcXXiiiXdbbcfdbaXbbbfafbfebbcbjcbXekdbdgjbgghjaacaiaagggXfff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 120,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010010 10101010 11101110 10001010 01101011 10101110 01101110 01101110 01111010 11101110 11101010 10101110 10011010 10111010 10101011 11101010 11101010 10001010 11111010 10100110 10111110 10001010 100111010 100110011 11111010 11111010 11101010 11101011 10111110 10101110 00101010 11101111 10101010 10111010 00101000 00101000 00101000 00101000 00100011 00101000 11111011 11101110 11101011 11101010 10101010 10111110 10000110 101011010 10101010 10100010 00111100 10111000 11101010 10001011 11101011 10001010 11001010 10101011 10001110 10011110 101010011 10101110 10101100 10101010 10101111 10101111 10101111 10101010 11111111 10111010 10001010 10001010 11011110 10001010 10100010 10011010 10100110 10011010 10111010 10001010 10101010 11101110 10101010 01101110 11111010 00111010 11101010 10011010 00100110 10101010 00101110 11111010 10101010 11101100 00101010 10101010 11111110 11101010 00111110 001001010 10101010 00100110 11101110 10001010 11101011 00101010 00100010 10111010 10100011 10100010 00100011 10111010 10111010 10110110 10111110 10111110 10101000 00111010 10101010 00101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3893
- Average number of words per stanza: 698
- Amount of lines: 120
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, we, from, of, many, me, them, that, us, singly are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words from, when, come, seldom, o'er, that, many, music, of, for, often are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them, me, evening, singly are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases brother, legends, boxes, singly connect the lines.
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More information about poems by Elias Lönnrot
- Analysis of The Kalevala - Rune I
- Analysis of The Kalevala - Rune Ii
- Analysis of The Kalevala - Rune Iii
