canzone
a variety of lyric poetry in the Italian style, of Provençal origin, that closely resembles the madrigal.
a poem in which each word that appears at the end of a line of the first stanza appears again at the end of one of the lines in each of the following stanzas.
Origin of canzone
1- Also canzona.
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How to use canzone in a sentence
The canzoni, the sestine, all the lyric metres of Italy and Spain were borrowed from his treasury.
Cavalcanti has left a number of love sonnets and canzoni, which were honoured by the praise of Dante.
It might be August, when one bathes at midnight, and sings canzoni till dawn.
A Spirit in Prison | Robert HichensIt is not certain that even the Spanish canzoni which are found in some of her letters to Bembo were composed by her.
Lucretia Borgia | Ferdinand GregoroviusThe first draft immediately follows the transcription of a series of Dante's Canzoni begun at Malta in 1805.
The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge | Samuel Taylor Coleridge
British Dictionary definitions for canzone
/ (kænˈzəʊnɪ) /
a Provençal or Italian lyric, often in praise of love or beauty
a song, usually of a lyrical nature
(in 16th-century choral music) a polyphonic song from which the madrigal developed
Origin of canzone
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