Definition of stanza Stanza
/stæˈnzʌ/ - [stanzu] - stan•za
We found 9 definitions of stanza from 6 different sources.
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What does stanza mean?
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NounPlural: stanzas |
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| stanza - a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem | ||
| textual matter, text the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text" | ||
| poem, verse form a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines | ||
| couplet a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed | ||
| octave a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse | ||
| sestet a rhythmic group of six lines of verse | ||
| envoi, envoy a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry | ||
| quatrain a stanza of four lines | ||
| spenserian stanza a stanza with eight lines of iambic pentameter and a concluding Alexandrine with the rhyme pattern abab bcbc c; "the Spenserian stanza was introduced by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene" | ||
| strophe one section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama | ||
| antistrophe the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem | ||
| line acting in conformity; "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line" | ||
| rhyme royal a stanza form having seven lines of iambic pentameter; introduced by Chaucer | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- stanza (n.)
A number of lines or verses forming a division of a song or poem, and agreeing in meter, rhyme, number of lines, etc., with other divisions; a part of a poem, ordinarily containing every variation of measure in that poem; a combination or arrangement of lines usually recurring; whether like or unlike, in measure. - stanza (n.)
An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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stanza
stan′za, n. a series of lines or verses connected with and adjusted to each other in a fixed order of sequence as regards length and metrical form: a division of a poem containing every variation of measure in the poem.—adj. Stanzā′ic. [It. stanza, a stop—Low L. stantia—L. stāre, stand.]
Wikipedia 
- A stanza is a related group of lines or verses in a poem. A stanza also can be a verse in paragraph form.
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🔤- stanza, noun, singular of stanzas.
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