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Definitions of stanza
  1. noun
    a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
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Definition that contains stanza
  • envoy a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry
  • ode a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
  • couplet a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed
  • quatrain a stanza of four lines
  • spenser English poet who wrote an allegorical romance celebrating Elizabeth I in the Spenserian stanza (1552-1599)
  • ballade a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy
  • rondel a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas
  • horatian ode an ode with several stanzas
  • envoi a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry
  • rondeau a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas
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