Canción

The Canción, the lyrical song, is one of the basic lyrical genres of Spanish literature of the Middle Ages. It was originally intended for musical performance, but changed rapidly become a popular form of lyric poetry. It is a relatively short poem, whose theme is usually love, but can also include religious or similar areas. Their style is characterized by a octosyllabic verse and regular, konsonantem rhyme, so there are limited opportunities metric. As a genre it has a great tradition in both languages ​​other literature of the Middle Ages and in the Latin of the time. In particular, the Galician- Portuguese cantigas de amor be considered as their predecessors.

Known Canciones can be found at Marqués de Santillana and Jorge Manrique.

• Lyrical form
• Literature ( Spanish)
• Middle Ages ( literature)