Meaning & use
stanza
A group of lines forming a unit within a poem, set off from other such units, similar to a paragraph in prose.
See it in a sentence
The poem's final stanza repeats the opening line to give the piece a circular structure.
Each stanza of the ballad follows the same rhyme scheme and number of lines.
A note on using this word
Stanza refers to the structural grouping of lines, while 'verse' can loosely mean either a single line or a whole stanza, so stanza is more precise.
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