stanza
noun
an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem.
stanzaic
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a word derived from
stanza.
Example Sentences
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On the various kinds of stanzaic structure, see pages 88 ff., below.
From The Principles of English Versification by Paull Franklin Baum
In a stanzaic poem the method of rhyming should be identical in every stanza, yet Mrs. Haughton has here wavered between couplets and alternate rhymes.
From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft
It must be observed, however, that the English odes written in strictly uniform stanzas differ greatly in the simplicity of the stanzaic pattern.
From A Study of Poetry by Bliss Perry
In the three latest lyrics this stanzaic legerdemain is practised with an enchanting lightness, an ecstasy of sinuous and elastic grace.
From Some Diversions of a Man of Letters by Edmund Gosse
The English "Horatian" ode, then, while exhibiting the greatest differences in complexity of stanzaic forms, is "homostrophic."
From A Study of Poetry by Bliss Perry
