The Kalevala/YMMV


 * Crowning Metre Of Awesome : The Kalevala's octosyllables are splendid.
 * One more wrinkle about the rhythm: the oral tradition that Lönnrot was drawing from, the last two syllables of each line are sung for about twice as as long as the others. The effect -- which Sibelius preserves in his crowningly awesome Kullervo -- is quite markedly different from the Longfellow version.
 * Iron Woobie: Kullervo, whom the rage almost drives into Omnicidal Maniac.
 * Values Dissonance : Some might say Joukahainen using his sister to ransom his life with from Väinämöinen makes him rather a Dirty Coward and that Väinämöinen accepting it makes him a Stalker with a Crush.
 * Elias Lönnrot probably secretly thought so, too, making it something like Deliberate Values Dissonance.
 * Yes, but that's okay, because she preserves her virginity and honor by drowning herself.