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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def _cumulative_by_date(model, datefield):
    '''
        Given a model and date field, generate monthly cumulative totals.
    '''
    monthly_counts = defaultdict(int)
    for obj in model.objects.all().order_by(datefield):
        datevalue = getattr(obj, datefield)
        monthkey = (datevalue.year, datevalue.month)
        monthly_counts[monthkey] += 1

    if len(monthly_counts) == 0:
        return []

    earliest_month = min(monthly_counts.iterkeys())
    latest_month = max(monthly_counts.iterkeys())

    accumulator = 0
    cumulative_counts = []
    for (year, month) in cycle_generator(cycle=(1, 12), begin=earliest_month, end=latest_month):
        mcount = monthly_counts.get((year, month), 0)
        accumulator += mcount
        cumulative_counts.append([datetime.date(year, month, 1), accumulator])

    return cumulative_counts