Stanza
['stænzə]
Definition
(noun.) a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem.
Typed by Carolyn--From WordNet
Definition
(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 poem; a combination or arrangement of lines usually recurring; whether like or unlike, in measure.
(n.) An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber.
Typist: Lucinda
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Verse, stave, staff.
Checked by Barry
Definition
n. a series of lines or verses connected with and adjusted to each other in a fixed order of sequence as regards length and metrical form: a division of a poem containing every variation of measure in the poem.—adj. Stanzā′ic.
Editor: Maureen
Examples
- At the close of the first stanza she stopped. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Here---- (Terrible, most distracting to the ear, was the strained shout in which the last stanza was given. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Snatches of sweet ballads haunted her ear; now and then she sang a stanza. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The last three stanzas she rehearsed well. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- When did I whip up syllabub sonnets or string stanzas fragile as fragments of glass? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He wrote poetry--sonnets, stanzas, ballads. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Editor: Nell