This is an analysis of the poem The Kalevala - Rune Ix that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdcefXghaXagffdfXaigfaXXbfabjhhahFhaFhXffahffeahXefbfbfbfXabbbadjhhXhhhefXhfgbfXXfffdhhkdfbfefdabXgjfhalXmffjdfbbffnXaffffdbadXbhahXagihbdehfXefadjdfgXaaoaXdXhdbhfXddGHbhfbfhkkfdnbXXlagfffdfbaaaaXbfhaghffeaXpffXfXXXifFFhXjXgfeBjfjhhdhBlFkfFFqefhXlhFoa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,578,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010 10001010 10100011 10111010 10100010 10101010 11101010 10101010 11101010 10101010 00100010 00101000 001011011 10111010 11111010 10101010 11111011 10101010 10011010 00101010 10101111 10100110 10101010 10100010 1110110 10101000 10100011 11101010 10100010 11111010 00101010 10001010 101001010 10101010 10001010 10100010 10101110 11101010 10100010 10101010 10101011 10111010 11100010 10100010 10101110 10011010 10101010 01101010 00101010 10111010 00110010 00101010 00101010 10101010 11101010 10101010 11101110 10101010 11101110 100111010 10111010 10111010 10101010 10111010 10111010 10111010 101010010 00101010 10101010 101001010 10001010 00101010 10101010 10111010 0010010010 10101010 10111010 00110010 000111010 10101010 10110010 10111110 10111110 10100011 10101010 10111010 10001010 11111010 00100010 111010111 11110010 10111110 10111010 00111010 001011100 10111010 10110010 10101110 10101110 10111000 10101010 11101011 11100011 01101010 00101010 00111011 00111010 10101010 10111010 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  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 9775
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1715
  • Amount of lines: 580
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of, brother, and, his, fleeing, in, thou, not, shalt, by, my, hammers, from, brought, thee, when, tell, who, thy, like, through, i, this, be, more, to, us are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words from, sing, and, ukko, firmly, with, to, fleeing, in, where, hidden, there, thou, will, by, shall, hammers, could, while, brought, curses, when, on, tell, did, not, ere, great, stand, like, through, stain, thither, thus, he, come, gathers, three, found, grew, touched, felt, straightway, looked, never are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines brother, iron, thee, it are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases mention, water, sifted, broken, cover, tested, banished connect the lines.

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