Proem

/pɹˈəʊm/

/pɹˈoʊm/

[noun]

Proem

[NOUN]

a preface or introductory section of a book or other written work that often sets the tone for the rest of the work

synonyms : preface

Examples

1. You all see that, and look at line-- that's really the proem, what we call rhetorically the prosthesis of the canto, the beginning of the canto, the introduction of the canto.

2. What is Dante saying though here in this proem, at the beginning of this canto?