stanza
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zə noun Prosody.
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.
Origin:
1580–90; < Italian: room, station, stopping-place (plural stanze) < Vulgar Latin *stantia, equivalent to Latin stant- (stem of stāns), present participle of stāre to stand + -ia -y3
1580–90; < Italian: room, station, stopping-place (plural stanze) < Vulgar Latin *stantia, equivalent to Latin stant- (stem of stāns), present participle of stāre to stand + -ia -y3
Related forms
stan·zaed, adjective
stan·za·i·cal·ly, adverb
non·stan·za·ic, adjective
un·stan·za·ic, adjective
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| —n | |
| 1. | prosody a fixed number of verse lines arranged in a definite metrical pattern, forming a unit of a poem |
| 2. | (US), (Austral) a half or a quarter in a football match |
| [C16: from Italian: halting place, from Vulgar Latin stantia (unattested) station, from Latin stāre to stand] | |
| 'stanzaed | |
| —adj | |
| stanzaic | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
stanza
"group of rhymed verse lines," 1588, from It. stanza "verse of a poem," originally "standing, stopping place," from V.L. *stantia "a stanza of verse," so called from the stop at the end of it, from L. stans (gen. stantis), prp. of stare "to stand" (see stet).
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American Heritage
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Slang Dictionary
stanza definition[ˈstænzə]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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stanza
a division of a poem consisting of two or more lines arranged together as a unit. More specifically, a stanza usually is a group of lines arranged together in a recurring pattern of metrical lengths and a sequence of rhymes.
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Example sentences
If you maintain intensity, a softly spoken stanza can be even more effective than one delivered at the top of your lungs.
In stanza three, there is an example of alliteration.
In tune, stanza form, and text it resembles a number of spirituals.
The few archaisms have disappeared, and so have all such outworn tricks as that exemplified in the stanza quoted above.
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