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stanza

stan·za

stanza

 
 
pronunciation:
staen z
part of speech: noun
definition: a group of related lines in a poem that make up one section within the poem. Stanzas often have a regular meter and rhyme pattern.
The stanzas of this poem have four lines each.
derivation: stanzaic (adj.)