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

MARIATTA--WAINAMOINEN'S DEPARTURE.
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  • Rhyme scheme: a BcaaXdecfgggghgBaiahcXhggjXgagbXBacbaXgfkXkgBckXlgkcXXccggggcXBgagcgdghhbjmejcmmXhmgaXBhhgkaaXanbnjdeacllCbeBlbhfhgbXdahhXhabXjgXXccdaXaohCXajbXBgXBAccjcblCedXfahbdhCXahXiaaXgXBaXBAidbXAXhficjfpqXXjaafXXXXhfjadXXcaacXjhjdldjhXchfiXgXkXfcXXXXcgnglXAIJXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,606,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001000010 1001010 10100011 00100010 00100010 10101010 10101010 10001010 10101011 00110010 10101010 00101010 10101010 00100010 10101010 00100011 1001010 10101010 10101010 00100110 10101010 10101011 10101010 11100010 00100010 10100110 10001110 10101100 11101011 10101010 10100110 10101010 011010110 1001010 10100010 10101010 10100110 10101010 10001010 10101010 111001011 10100011 10101010 10100011 00101010 1001010 10101010 10101011 10111000 10101010 110000110 10111011 11101011 11101010 11110010 11111010 10100010 101011110 111001111 11110011 10111010 11101010 10100100 1001010 10101110 10100010 10101010 10101110 10101010 10101110 10101010 10111010 10101010 01101010 10001010 11101111 11110110 11101010 11101010 101010101 10111011 10111100 10101110 10101011 10101010 10111010 10101010 1001010 10001010 10101010 00111010 10101011 10110010 10110010 1010100 11101110 10111011 10101010 10110110 10101010 10101010 10100010 10101010 10101010 10101010 10001010 01101110 10101010 10001010 1001010 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  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 9769
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1733
  • Amount of lines: 608
  • 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; of, in, thou, me, take, come, her, it, at, not, my, to, for, sought, she, star, moon, and, him, bring, sailing, his, like, many, never are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, on, when, sat, sing, take, ere, like, to, there, i, seeking, come, let, gave, underneath, lifts, where, made, hidden, bring, sailing, for, often, while, learned, many, never, by are repeated.

    The author used the same word mariatta at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases cradled, vanished, wander connect the lines.

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