Stanza Definition

stănzə
stanzas
noun
A group of lines of verse forming one of the divisions of a poem or song: it is usually made up of four or more lines and often has a regular pattern in the number of lines and the arrangement of meter and rhyme.
Webster's New World

(architecture) An apartment or division in a building.

Wiktionary

(computing) A structural element in XML.

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Other Word Forms of Stanza

Noun

Singular:
stanza
Plural:
stanzas

Origin of Stanza

  • From Italian stanza.

    From Wiktionary

  • Italian stance

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Stanza Sentence Examples

  • This last was written immediately before his death, and the last stanza added on the fatal morning.

  • The poem, which extends to loot lines written in the irregular alliterative rhymed stanza, is a bird-allegory, of the type familiar in the Parlement of Foules.

  • Each time will have a short stanza attached to it.

  • The translators handled the octave stanza.

  • Back to top The final stanza seems more honest.

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Words Starting With

SSTSTA

Words Ending With

AZANZA

Unscrambles

stanza

Words Starting With S and Ending With A

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Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With S6 Letter Words Ending With A