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Stanza

Stanza Meaning & Definition
Stanza Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stanza?

[n] a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

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See Also | antistrophe | couplet | envoi | envoy | octave | ottava rima | poem | quatrain | rhyme royal | sestet | Spenserian stanza | strophe | text | textual matter | verse form

Stanza In Webster's Dictionary

\Stan"za\, n.; pl. {Stanzas}. [It. stanza a room, habitation, a stanza, i. e., a stop, fr. L. stans, p. pr. of stare to stand. See {Stand}, and cf. {Estancia}, {Stance}, {Stanchion}.] 1. 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. Horace confines himself strictly to one sort of verse, or stanza, in every ode. --Dryden. 2. (Arch.) An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber.

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