The Hawaiian myth of Kumulipo lasts over two thousand lines, which made the memory of the myth a challenge for traditional orators. The lines are spread across three hundred verses, and the original authors of this chant saved their orator's memory by repeating the sentences and formats in all of the verses. These verses are six lines, with identical words, but two words change in each verse. The two changing words name each species as it is born. Without this repetition of format, this myth may not have been passed down correctly between generations. The repetition also serves as an emphasis technique. To illustrate, each translated verse ends in the phrase “Water is life to the trees; so god may enter, but not man” by repeating this line,
