Parallelism is widely distributed in folklore and drevnepismennyh literatupax. In many ancient systems of versification, he served as the principle of building a strophe.
Known for a particular type of parallelism (Lat. parallelismus membrorum) Hebrew (Biblical) versification, which actually connects to the synonymy parallelism, which allows variation of similar images. For example:
Put me as a seal on your heart, like a ring on your hand
In drevnegermanskom medieval verse parallelism is important, and connects to the alliteration, as well as rhymes.
Parallelism is widely used in Finnish folk verse, in particular the Finnish epos Kalevala, where it connects to a mandatory graduation:
Six pips, it is
Seven seeds he raises.
Parallelism is related to the structure of choral performance - amebeynoy composition. Folklore forms of parallelism are widely used in art (writing) a song (German Kunstlied).