KansalaisuuskurssiGlossary · Chapter 3: Culture and traditions
kansanruno
Finnish word. In English: folk poem
An old poem that people have sung and remembered without writing it down.
Facts about the word
- The Kalevala is based on centuries-old Finnish and Karelian folk poems that were passed on by oral tradition. thisisFINLAND
- Elias Lönnrot collected poems from 1828 on his journeys in eastern Finland and Karelia, especially White Sea Karelia. thisisFINLAND
- The poems of the Kalevala are in Kalevala metre: a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable. thisisFINLAND
The facts come from public sources, such as the authorities' own pages and the law.
Try the word in a sentence
Only one of the sentences uses the word correctly. Which one?
Folk poems are old poems that people sang and remembered. Parliament does not pass poems as laws, and a poem cannot drive a car.
The word belongs to Chapter 3: Culture and traditions. The chapter page has the full context and practice questions.
