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

THE RIVAL SUITORS
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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdXefXXbgXdhicjgkjbaicXXelgaabbccXXdXDegmaaDXccddjihajaXhjgahaagnhhjgjokgiaiXckccjbdljbkdXneXbnXdnadgXDbXaXXjghXXchdchaDabndXaXnXaXddcDdnaDbdbmaXXchbcXXbDXgXaaabaXaXbcXXXbakXiaeXXdjcXXaeJjcXjDdjjnamDakXnXgjdcaXadddaaXonhiXXcedAAXOneaanXXXeXfcXehXadpoe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,720,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 11917
  • Average number of words per stanza: 2093
  • Amount of lines: 722
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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, what, this, thy, and, thou, dost, if, not, her, left, on, to, forge, thus, his, brought, let, them, my, day, i, why, had, in, their, saw, for, never are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, on, looking, toward, something, what, of, brings, how, whither, in, where, often, if, left, soot, forge, from, lay, thus, made, forged, bring, brought, let, travels, swiftly, never, why, i, growl, hastened, saw, be, give, for, like, through, cannot are repeated.

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