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

KULLERVO AND THE CHEAT-CAKE.
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  • Rhyme scheme: a XbcccdbefgcXXdhfXiXdXejbcgXXbdfaklXcjcXddXmhmdlcnXjgmmXcfXXXohdmXXlacpcdqfjXXpbdgcXfcdgepjfbjXdeXggblcCgggcfcdecjXdXXaflXdacCggfceammXfdqjcgjceXXeffeajcjmXmgieqXmmXfXgcccncgXjbmejXcjgmXXnmgmecfXjdcmmjlcdjbXrXXjcXdjaafdXGXfXkgXgeqmladXgrkXXgXGfcqgmheXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,271,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001011 10101100 10100010 10101010 100111010 01100011 10111010 10111010 10111010 10101010 10111010 100111010 10111010 11101010 00101010 10101110 11111010 111110010 10100011 10101000 10111010 10100010 10100010 00100010 10101010 10111010 10101010 10111010 10101011 1010110 10101011 11101111 10100011 100010101 11111110 10111010 10101011 11101010 00101010 00100110 10101010 00101010 00100111 10101110 10001110 10001110 10101011 10101010 10100010 10101110 10101000 10111010 10001110 10101010 00101110 10101000 10111010 10100010 0010101 10010010 10001010 10101111 10101110 10100011 00101110 10111010 10111000 10101010 10101010 10100010 11000111 10100010 10001010 11101010 10111011 10111010 10011111 10101000 10101011 10111010 10101010 10100010 10101010 10101100 10101110 10111110 10111110 00111110 10011010 10101011 10110010 11101110 11101001 10101010 10101100 00101010 11101010 10101100 11101010 100101010 10110010 10110010 11101011 10110010 00111110 00111010 10101010 10110010 10111010 10111010 10101110 10111010 10011011 11101010 10101100 10101010 10101000 11111010 11111010 10111110 11011110 111111100 00111011 00100011 10101011 10110010 00111110 00111010 10101010 10101010 10101010 00111110 00101010 10101010 10101000 101001110 10101010 10111011 010110010 00111110 11101010 11101010 10101010 11101010 11101010 10101000 01111010 10010011 10101011 10101010 10101010 10101111 11101011 10001110 11101010 00101000 10101110 10101110 10110011 10111010 11101010 11111010 11101010 11101010 10100110 10101011 10111010 10001010 00101110 10100011 10101010 11110010 11101010 001010110 00101010 10001010 1011110 11110010 10101110 11111010 11101010 10001110 10101010 10101010 10111010 10101010 10101000 101100010 10101010 10101010 11101010 10011010 100101010 11111010 10101011 10111010 11101010 10111110 10101010 10101010 10111010 11101010 01111010 10001010 10101010 10101010 10101000 10101010 10101100 10111010 11111010 10101110 10101000 11101110 10100010 10101111 10011111 10111110 10011011 10100110 10001110 1101000 11111010 10111000 00111011 11001010 10111010 10101110 11101010 11101010 11101110 01111110 11101010 11100011 1010100 00100010 10111110 10101011 10101010 11101010 10100110 11100110 10001110 10111010 10100111 10101110 11101010 10110110 10111010 01101010 10101010 10101000 00100010 01101010 10001110 10101110 11111010 10101000 10001010 01101010 11101010 00111010 111010100 11101010 10101000 11100010 10101010 10101010 10101000 10100011 11111010 11101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4538
  • Average number of words per stanza: 808
  • Amount of lines: 273
  • 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, bread, to, his, this, and, my, thy, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words on, to, took, how, take, sing, drive, from, calls, when, makes, plays, waited, all, this, thus, there, with, quick are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase on connects the lines.

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