This is an analysis of the poem Saarijarven Paavo that begins with:

High ´mid Saarijärvi´moors resided
Peasant Paavo on a frost-bound homestead,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcdbb AEFDFcDdX CXXec ddgAEFDFcDdX CXheX hegAeFdbf cXcXdXiaX CiXhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,5,12,5,9,9,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111000010 1010101111 1010101110 1010001001 1111001110 1010110010 1010101110 01110101110 1000111011 1011101010 100101110 1011110010 1011101111 1011101010 1111111010 1010111010 10100101111 101111100 1100101011 1111111010 1011001001 1100100111 1110101011 1011111110 01110101110 1000111011 1011101010 100101110 1011110010 1011101111 1011101010 1110111010 1010111010 10100101111 101111100 1100101010 1010101010 10110010100 1100101010 1110101010 1011111110 01110101110 1000111111 1011101010 101101110 1011101110 1010101010 1110101111 101111100 1011101111 101111100 1010110011 1010001011 1111101110 1110101011 111110011000 10100101111 1011001010 1010101100 1100101011 1111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 334
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, with, of, double, but are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word now is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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