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Canto
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The canto is a principal form of division in a long poem, especially the epic. The word comes from the Latin cantus, meaning "song," and has a corrolary in the Sanskrit kāṇḍa, or "chapter." Famous examples of epic poetry which employ the canto division are Valmiki's The Ramayana (7 cantos), Dante's The Divine Comedy (33 cantos), and Ezra Pound's The Cantos (120 cantos).
Canto may refer to:
- Canto Software, a digital asset management software company
- Canto nuevo, a Latin American folk music style
- Canto fermo, the melody forming the basis of a polyphonic composition
- Bel canto, an operatic singing style
- Canto General by Pablo Neruda
Canto may also be used for:
- Canticle
- The highest vocal part, the air or melody, in a piece of choral music.
- The Cantonese language, as in the term "Canto pop" (i.e., popular music in Cantonese).
- Miguel Canto, Mexican boxer
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Dante's Devine Comedy has 100 cantos, not 33. To be sure, go to the Dante page on Wikipedia.
What they were probably referring to above is Dante's Inferno (which deals with Hell), which has 34 Cantos.