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stanza

[ stan-zuh ]

noun

Prosody.
  1. an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem.


stanza

/ ˈstænzə; stænˈzeɪɪk /

noun

  1. prosody a fixed number of verse lines arranged in a definite metrical pattern, forming a unit of a poem
  2. a half or a quarter in a football match
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

stanza

  1. A group of lines of verse , usually set off from other groups by a space. The stanzas of a poem often have the same internal pattern of rhymes .
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Derived Forms

  • stanzaic, adjective
  • ˈ²õ³Ù²¹²Ô³ú²¹±ð»å, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ³Ù²¹²Ôz²¹±ð»å adjective
  • ²õ³Ù²¹²Ô·³ú²¹Â·¾±³¦ [stan-, zey, -ik], ²õ³Ù²¹²Ô·³ú²¹î€ƒi·³¦²¹±ô adjective
  • ²õ³Ù²¹²Ô·³ú²¹î€ƒi·³¦²¹±ô·ly adverb
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôî€È´³Ù²¹²Ô·³ú²¹î€ƒi³¦ adjective
  • ³Ü²Ôî€È´³Ù²¹²Ô·³ú²¹î€ƒi³¦ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of stanza1

First recorded in 1580–90; from Italian: literally, “room, station, stopping-place†(plural stanze ), from unattested Vulgar Latin stantia, equivalent to Latin stant- (stem of ²õ³ÙÄå²Ô²õ ), present participle of ²õ³ÙÄå°ù±ð “to stand†+ -ia abstract noun suffix; stand, -y 3
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of stanza1

C16: from Italian: halting place, from Vulgar Latin stantia (unattested) station, from Latin ²õ³ÙÄå°ù±ð to stand
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Synonym Study

See verse.
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Blunt as his Charles is, he proves to be the most guarded of the trio; there are unsung stanzas of sadness in his eyes.

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“The word stops, the heart dies / The wind counts the lost goodbyes,†goes one characteristically haunting stanza.

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They spoke on a recent day in their Berlin studio as they giggled and tripped over their own stanzas — which exploit a feature of German grammar that crams nouns together into strings of syllables.

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He reads from a stack of loose papers, his hands moving in time with the stanzas he spits like rap bars.

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“Obviously, the second half, definitely missed more shots,†said Wells, whose team made 2 of 11 from deep in the second stanza.

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