cantilena

/kan-tl-ee-nuh/US // ˌkæn tlˈi nə //UK // (ˌkæntɪˈleɪnə) //

仙人掌,仙人球

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n.名词 noun

A similar freely riming poem in lines of seven syllables is Villegas' Cantilena (p. 17).
The term cantilena is given to any short piece of verse intended to be set to music (p. 17).
Almost any really good melodic line, especially a cantilena, will sound with a fitting harmonic development.
The successors of these supple singers even learned to sing Richard Strauss with broad cantilena effects.
The accent here too is perfectly pleasing, intelligible, and expressive; and I like their cantilena vastly.