cantos

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Cantos are the major divisions or sections of a long narrative or epic poem, similar to chapters in a novel.

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cantos canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary term
poetic division
analogousTo chapter in a novel
belongsToField literary studies
poetics
distinguishedFrom line of verse
stanza
etymologyFrom Italian word "canto"
Latin word "cantus"
hasFunction major structural division of a poem
organizes long poems into sections
hasLevelOfDivision higher than stanza
hasPluralForm cantos
languageOfOrigin Italian
Latin NERFINISHED
originalMeaning song
partOf epic poem
long poem
narrative poem
typicalContext long narrative structure
usedBy Dante Alighieri NERFINISHED
Edmund Spenser NERFINISHED
Ezra Pound NERFINISHED
Lord Byron NERFINISHED
usedIn epic poetry
narrative poetry
usedInWork Don Juan NERFINISHED
The Cantos NERFINISHED
The Divine Comedy NERFINISHED
The Faerie Queene NERFINISHED

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The Cantos structure cantos