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Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn

CHAPTER XII
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Only one liberty is allowed; it is not necessary that the rhyme shall be regular and constant; it is necessary only that it should be occasional.

But the interest of Finnish verse does not end here.

I have not yet mentioned the most important law of Finnish poetry--the law of parallelism or repetition.

Parallelism is the better word.

It means the repetition of a thought in a slightly modified way.


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