Cantar De Mio Cid
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| Date | Composed sometime between 1140 and 1207 |
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| Verse form | Anisosyllabic with assonant rhyme |
| Original language | Spanish |
| Manuscript(s) | National Library of Spain |
| Length | 3730 verses |
| Genres | Poetry |
| Epic Poetry | |
| Fiction | |
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| ID | 708548 |
About Cantar De Mio Cid
El Cantar de mio Cid, literally "The Song of my Cid", also known in English as The Poem of the Cid, is the oldest preserved Castilian epic poem. Based on a true story, it tells of the Castilian hero El Cid, and takes place during the Reconquista, or reconquest of Spain from the Moors.
