Canto

For other uses, see Canto (disambiguation).
Detail of a 14th-century manuscript of Dante Alighieri's Commedia, a three-part poem (Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso) that was divided into 100 cantos.

The canto (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkanto]) is a principal form of division in medieval and modern long poetry.[1]

  1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Canto" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.