stanza
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- noun
- /ˈstæn.zə/
- Literature
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- But the final stanza trumps all with the mention of losing you.
- stanza of the poem
- the last stanza
- the first stanza
And there are sometimes some really great stanzas though too as well.
- And there are sometimes some really great stanzas though too as well.
- And then there's a tad bit of French in the first stanza.
- And I like a stanza in a poem written in an unknown foreign language, am shaken to the core.
- All glory to Cecilia Pelli, second stanza.
Examples
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In the second stanza of the poem, the tone becomes much darker.
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In the next stanza, the bird follows the speaker as she "keeps walking. / Trying to think."
Academic text (2013) -
Read just one stanza for the proof.
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And you and I will read it together a stanza each evening.
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What did you think of that last stanza?
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Then, in that third stanza, the poem shifts into the simple past.
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His poem consists of four stanzas, each ending with a line longer than the previous seven others.
Academic text (1991) -
Well, here are the last two sublime stanzas of the poem.
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The first two stanzas focus rather on describing Procris's corpse as if it were a still life.
Academic text (2017) -
In the final stanza of the poem, the Magdalen's way of grieving is contrasted to Mother Mary's.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
Compounds
- Literature
A group of four lines in a poem with ABAB rhyme often used for poems about loss
- Literature
A four-line stanza with ten syllables per line and an abab rhyme used in epic poems
- Literature
A nine-line group in a poem with eight short lines, one longer final line, and rhyme abab bcbc c
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word stanza comes from the Italian word stanza meaning 'room' and from the Latin root stare meaning 'to stand'. Think of a stanza as a 'room' in a poem where lines stand together, so each stanza is a separate space for one idea.