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Canto

/kˈæntoʊ/
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(noun) One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.

The poem is divided into several long cantos.
I particularly enjoyed the third canto of the epic.
CEFR Practice Quiz
I finished reading the first ____ of the long epic poem tonight city.

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