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Razo

World Traditional Verse Forms

A razo was a short piece of Occitan prose detailing the circumstances of a troubadour composition. A razo normally introduced an individual poem, acting as a prose preface and explanation; it might, however, share some of the characteristics of a vida and the boundary between the two genres was never sharp.

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Place of Origin
Italy, 1227-1230, mostly by Uc de Saint Circ 1
Defining Trait
Prose preface and explanation introducing an individual poem 1
Sources
1. Razo - Wikipedia
  • Corpus
    Most of the surviving razo corpus is the work of Uc de Saint Circ, composed in Italy between 1227 and 1230.
  • Introduction
    A razo normally introduced an individual poem, acting as a prose preface and explanation
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