Meaning & use
Stanzas
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Plural of stanza; groups of lines forming a unit in a poem, typically sharing a pattern of meter or rhyme.
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The poem consists of four stanzas, each with a different rhyme scheme.
She memorized the first two stanzas of the ballad for class.
A note on using this word
From the Italian word for "room," reflecting the idea of a stanza as a self-contained unit within a poem.
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