Definition of Stanzas. Meaning of Stanzas. Synonyms of Stanzas

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Definition of Stanzas

Stanzas
Stanza 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.
Stanza
Stanza 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.

Meaning of Stanza from wikipedia

- in poetry, a stanza is a unit within a larger poem. in popular vocal music, a stanza is typically referred to as a 'verse ' (distinct from
- the nissan stanza started out in japan as the nissan violet in 1973, and then was split into two other models in 1977 called the second
- lexcycle stanza is a freeware program for reading ebooks , digital newspapers, and other digital publications. the software supports the
- the sapphic stanza, named after sappho , is an aeolic verse form spanning four lines (more properly three, in the poetry of sappho and
- the burns stanza is a verse form named after the scottish poet robert burns who used it in some fifty poems. it was not, however,
- the spenserian stanza is a fixed verse form invented by edmund spenser for his epic poem the faerie queene . each stanza contains nine
- in poetry , a ballad stanza is the four-line stanza, known as a quatrain, most often found in the folk ballad . this form consists of
- the alcaic stanza is a greek lyrical meter , an aeolic verse form traditionally believed to have been invented by alcaeus , a lyric poet
- onegin stanza (sometimes 'pushkin sonnet'http://www. thepoetsgarret. com/sonnet/pushkin. html) refers to the verse form popularized (or
- a stanza is a unit of poetry within a larger poem. stanza may also refer to: lexcycle stanza , a program for reading ebooks, digital