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canto

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. canto (noun)
  2. canto fermo (noun)
  3. bel canto (noun)

can·to

noun \ˈkan-(ˌ)tō\
plural cantos

Definition of CANTO

: one of the major divisions of a long poem
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Examples of CANTO

  1. the first canto of Dante's “Inferno”

Origin of CANTO

Italian, from Latin cantus song, from canere to sing — more at chant
First Known Use: 1590

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

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