An Italian lyric form of the medieval and Renaissance period, built from several structurally matched stanzas of mixed long and short lines followed by a shorter closing envoi (congedo), used by Dante and Petrarch for their most ambitious philosophical and amorous verse and a direct forerunner of the sonnet's own formal ambitions.
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Place of OriginItaly, 13th century, associated with the Sicilian School and the dolce stil novo poets. 1 StructureMultiple stanzas of matching structure combining hendecasyllables and shorter lines, closed by a shorter congedo (envoi) stanza. 1 Notable ExampleDante Alighieri's canzoni in the Vita Nuova and Convivio; Petrarch's Canzoniere. 1 Connections
Associated With
The canzone was the school's other primary vehicle, alongside the sonnet.
Form Of Genre
Source The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
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Influenced By
Source The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
Sources
1. The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
Princeton University Press
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