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…

Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial.

An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.

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

Proof; evidence.

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

A book.

One who writes and publishes books; especially, one who gathers his materials from other books; a compiler.

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

The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority w…

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.

Act of departing; departure.

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.

One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp., a person deputed by a sovereign or a government to negotiate a treaty, or…

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