Definition of Stanza. Meaning of Stanza. Synonyms of Stanza

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Stanza. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Stanza and, of course, Stanza synonyms and on the right images related to the word Stanza.

Definition of Stanza

Stanza
Stanza Stan"za, n.; pl. Stanzas. [It. stanza a room, habitation, a stanza, i. e., a stop, fr. L. stans, p. pr. of stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. Estancia, Stance, Stanchion.] 1. A number of lines or verses forming a division of a song or poem, and agreeing in meter, rhyme, number of lines, etc., with other divisions; a part of a poem, ordinarily containing every variation of measure in that poem; a combination or arrangement of lines usually recurring; whether like or unlike, in measure. Horace confines himself strictly to one sort of verse, or stanza, in every ode. --Dryden. 2. (Arch.) An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber.

Meaning of Stanza from wikipedia

- In poetry, a stanza (/ˈstænzə/; from Italian stanza, Italian: [ˈstantsa]; lit. 'room') is a group of lines within a poem, usually set off from others by...
- Look up stanza in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A stanza is a unit of poetry within a larger poem. Stanza may also refer to: Lexcycle Stanza, a program...
- Onegin stanza (Russian: онегинская строфа oneginskaya strofa), sometimes "Pushkin sonnet", refers to the verse form po****rized (or invented) by the Russian...
- Nissan Stanza. All three models bore the A10 series identifier, and were built in ****an at the Hirat**** and Yoko**** ****embly plants. The Stanza was exclusive...
- The Burns stanza is a verse form named after the Scottish poet Robert Burns, who used it in some fifty poems. It was not, however, invented by Burns, and...
- of the Weimar Republic, replacing "Heil dir im Siegerkranz". The first stanza of "Deutschlandlied" was used alongside the "Horst-Wessel-Lied" during the...
- Stanza Living is the common brand name for Dtwelve Spaces Private Limited. It provides fully-managed shared living accommodations to students and young...
- In computing, a stanza consists of a related group of lines in a script or configuration file. Formats depend on context. XML stanza Compare: von Hagen...
- A quatrain is a type of stanza, or a complete poem, consisting of four lines. Existing in a variety of forms, the quatrain appears in poems from the poetic...
- The Spenserian stanza is a fixed verse form invented by Edmund Spenser for his epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590–96). Each stanza contains nine lines in...