 The "pada" form of metrical verse (14 syllables in each verse with identical two syllables at the end of each foot in a couplet) became a standard in Assamese "kavya" works, something that continued till the modern times.Though a translated work, it is infused with local color, and instead of the heroic, Kandali instead emphasized the homely issues of relationships etc.Among the two kinds of "alamkara's", "arthalankara"s were used extensively, with similes and metaphors taken from the local milieu even though the original works are set in foreign lands; whereas the "shabdalankara" (alliteration etc.)