Look up: stanza

1. Stanza
   In architecture a stanza is an apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber.
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2. Stanza
   One or more lines that make up the basic units of a poem - separated from each other by spacing.
   Over the centuries Greek, Roman, French, Italian, English, German and Japanese poets have evolved a huge number of different stanza forms. Some of these forms still carry the name of the poet who inve...
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3. stanza
   [n] - a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
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4. Stanza
   a verse or set of lines of poetry, the pattern of which is repeated throughout the poem.
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5. Stanza
   Stan'za noun ; plural Stanzas . [ Italian stanza a room, habitation, a stanza, i. e. , a stop, from Latin stans , present participle of stare to stand. See Stand , and confer Estancia , Stan...
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6. stanza
   Origin: 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 p...
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7. stanza
   noun a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
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8. Stanza
   • (n.) An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber. • (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 p...
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9. stanza
   a division of a poem consisting of two or more lines arranged together as a unit. More specifically, a stanza usually is a group of lines arranged ... [7 related articles]
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10. stanza
    a group of verses separated from other such groups in a poem and often sharing a common rhyme scheme.
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11. stanza
    A group of two (couplet) or more lines in a poem. It mainly uses regular patterns of rhyme and rhythm.
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12. stanza
    Group of lines in a poem. A stanza serves the same function in poetry as a paragraph in prose. Stanzas are often of uniform length and separated by a blank line. Each stanza has a set, repeatable pattern of metre and rhyme
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13. Stanza
    In poetry, a `stanza` is a unit within a larger poem. In modern poetry, the term is often equivalent with strophe; in popular vocal music, a stanza is typically referred to as a "verse" (distinct from the refrain, or "chorus"). A stanza consists of a grouping of lines, set off by...
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