Canto: alternatives and connections

A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank a…

A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine.

A rhetorical figure resulting from a reverted arrangement in the last clause of a sentence of the two principal words of the clause pr…

One of the chief magistrates in ancient Athens, especially, by preeminence, the first of the nine chief magistrates.

The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the conten…

A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic po…

The Book by way of eminence, -- that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and auth…

A betting man who "makes a book." See To make a book, under Book, n.

Any small book carried about for sale by chapmen or hawkers. Hence, any small book; a toy book.

Principal or most eminent in any quality or action; most distinguished; having most influence; taking the lead; most important; as, th…

A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.

The conductor, chief, or leader of the dramatic chorus; hence, the chief or leader of a party or interest.

The high or principal table, at the end of a hall, at which the chief guests were seated; also, the chief seat at the high table.

Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury departm…

A division of a poem corresponding to a canto; a poem or song.

A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation.

An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; -- also in the French from, l'envoi.

Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fict…