Centonical

In technical terms, the Zadonščina could be defined as a centonical palinode, i.e. as a composition built up primarily on literal or paraphrased quotations and intended to counterbalance or refute the quoted work.

The end of the poem offers a good example of his centonical procedure.

Ballads in the black tradition are also often centonical—they borrow thematic elements from a variety of sources to build something new.