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stanza::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | text, textual matter |
| Has types | envoi, envoy, octave, ottava rima, quatrain, rhyme royal, sestet, spenserian stanza, strophe, antistrophe, couplet |
Examples of stanza
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The seniors made their night resonate by sparking the burst in the final stanza.
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In the final stanza, Gray heightens the pathos of the scene with exquisite tact.
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The Steelers added a little more cushion to their edge late in the third stanza.
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But this time, they swarmed the Jackets, scoring four goals in the final stanza.
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With him, the octave stanza reached a high level of grace, variety, and harmony.
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The Penguins knotted the contest at 1-1 in the early stages of the second stanza.
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The game went to overtime after the teams played a back-and-forth final stanza.
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The game was tied 19-19 after one stanza and knotted at 44-44 after 24 minutes.
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However, Bradley rallied just enough in the second stanza, to earn the victory.
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- A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
- 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 unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse; A structural element in XML
- Two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the divisions of a poem. The stanzas of a poem are usually of the same length and follow the same pattern of meter and rhyme.
- A recurring grouping of two or more verse lines in terms of length, metrical form, and, often, rhyme scheme. See Poetry, Rhyme scheme, Verse
- A major subdivision in a poem. A stanza of two lines is called a couplet; a stanza of three lines is called a tercet; a stanza of four lines is called a quatrain. Robert Frost's "Acquainted with the Night," consists of four rhymed tercets followed by a rhymed couplet. ...
- A phrase and the successive phrases that relate to it through repetition, variation, call and response, or other devices
- A group of lines of verse, determined by two factors: the poetic form being used or, in free verse, a pause in the movement.
- A group of verses separated from other such groups in a poem and often sharing a common rhyme scheme.
