Caccia or Catch

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Italian Verse

Caccia in Italian,Catch in English, is a hunting song of the 14th and 15th centuries. It originally included two parts for voices who hunt each other. The lyrics were normally accompanied by a musical instrument.

The elements of the Caccia or Catch are:

1. known to have been composed with random 11, 7 and 5 syllable lines.
2. usually carries a refrain at the end of the stanza.
3. composed favoring onomatopoeia, incomplete phrases and the exclamatory statement.
4. lyrics framed by stanza and rhyme at the discretion of the poet.

   Caccia by Jan Haag
   Catch by Jan Haag