Stanza
noun
A group of lines forming a section in a poem.
The second stanza of the poem introduces a new theme.
Often appears as...
- verse stanza
- final stanza
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Poetic
noun
A set of lines in a song, usually forming one of several similar sections.
The chorus is repeated after each stanza.
Often appears as...
- sing a stanza
- the song's stanza
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Music
noun
A group of lines forming a section in a poem.
The second stanza of the poem introduces a new theme.
Often appears as...
- verse stanza
- final stanza
Usage tips
Poetic
noun
A set of lines in a song, usually forming one of several similar sections.
The chorus is repeated after each stanza.
Often appears as...
- sing a stanza
- the song's stanza
Usage tips
Music
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Pro Tip 1/3Poetic Structure
Stanzas structure poems like paragraphs in an essay, grouping related ideas.
Each stanza in her sonnet encapsulated a different facet of love.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Progression
Poets may use stanzas to guide readers through an emotional journey in the poem.
The poem's mood shifted with each new stanza, from joy to sorrow.
Pro Tip 3/3Stanzas in Analysis
When analyzing poetry, examine how each stanza contributes to themes and motifs.
In our class discussion, we focused on how the third stanza symbolized loss.
Pro Tip 1/3Poetic Structure
Stanzas structure poems like paragraphs in an essay, grouping related ideas.
Each stanza in her sonnet encapsulated a different facet of love.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Progression
Poets may use stanzas to guide readers through an emotional journey in the poem.
The poem's mood shifted with each new stanza, from joy to sorrow.
Pro Tip 3/3Stanzas in Analysis
When analyzing poetry, examine how each stanza contributes to themes and motifs.
In our class discussion, we focused on how the third stanza symbolized loss.
Pro Tip 1/3Poetic Structure
Stanzas structure poems like paragraphs in an essay, grouping related ideas.
Each stanza in her sonnet encapsulated a different facet of love.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Progression
Poets may use stanzas to guide readers through an emotional journey in the poem.
The poem's mood shifted with each new stanza, from joy to sorrow.
Pro Tip 3/3Stanzas in Analysis
When analyzing poetry, examine how each stanza contributes to themes and motifs.
In our class discussion, we focused on how the third stanza symbolized loss.
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The moral roots of...
shiva the destroyer this image actually is both of those gods sharing the same body you have the markings of vishnu on the left so we could think of vishnu as the conservative god you have the markings of shiva on the right shiv is the liberal god and they work together you find the same thing in buddhism these two stanzas contain i think the deepest insights
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Katie Mack: Life-altering...
So each stanza is a tweet. But it sort of encapsulates how I think about the universe. So, yeah, this is the last bit. I want you to believe that the universe is a vast, random, uncaring place in which our species, our world, has absolutely no significance And I want you to believe
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James Rhee: The value of...
And internal communications, well, that was just a great way to train and to teach. And the materials that we created became critical first stanzas of the overall narrative that was our brand song. And working capital? Well, our vendors became effectively co-investors,
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Jonathan Haidt: The...
And they work together. You find the same thing in Buddhism. These two stanzas contain, I think, the deepest insights that have ever been attained into moral psychology. From the Zen master "If you want the truth to stand clear before you, never be 'for' or 'against.'
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Stephen Burt: Why people...
as well as its modern sense, courage. This sun is not afraid to show his face. But the person in the poem is afraid. He might have been up all night. That is the reveal Stevens saves for that fourth stanza, where run away has become a refrain.
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Dan Buettner: How to...
and on one more stanza about green plants, ostensibly missing is meat. They take this sanctuary in time very serious. For 24 hours every week, no matter how busy they are, how stressed out they are at work, where the kids need to be driven,
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Ranger Mentality PIPE No...
part of the Ranger creed is I will never leave a fallen comrade to follow it to the end of an enemy that's just one part of the Ranger creed the Ranger creed has six stanzas to it and we would say it every morning every morning before we
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Making data tangible PIPE...
turn it into something tangible that we could actually see and move it away from the screen and take it into into the real world a bit more so this work is called the body it's fine art is called stanza it's over two metres tall when
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Black life at the...
But I do not want to be a mother who gave birth to poems. I do not want a stanza for a son nor a line for a little girl nor a footnote for a child who doesn't fit into this world.
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A young poet tells the...
Too relentless, like the valley that filled with the putrid smoke of our deaths. Is it better in verse? Can a stanza become a burial shroud? Will it sting less if I say it softly?
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The moral roots of...
shiva the destroyer this image actually is both of those gods sharing the same body you have the markings of vishnu on the left so we could think of vishnu as the conservative god you have the markings of shiva on the right shiv is the liberal god and they work together you find the same thing in buddhism these two stanzas contain i think the deepest insights
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Katie Mack: Life-altering...
So each stanza is a tweet. But it sort of encapsulates how I think about the universe. So, yeah, this is the last bit. I want you to believe that the universe is a vast, random, uncaring place in which our species, our world, has absolutely no significance And I want you to believe
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James Rhee: The value of...
And internal communications, well, that was just a great way to train and to teach. And the materials that we created became critical first stanzas of the overall narrative that was our brand song. And working capital? Well, our vendors became effectively co-investors,
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Jonathan Haidt: The...
And they work together. You find the same thing in Buddhism. These two stanzas contain, I think, the deepest insights that have ever been attained into moral psychology. From the Zen master "If you want the truth to stand clear before you, never be 'for' or 'against.'
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Stephen Burt: Why people...
as well as its modern sense, courage. This sun is not afraid to show his face. But the person in the poem is afraid. He might have been up all night. That is the reveal Stevens saves for that fourth stanza, where run away has become a refrain.
Video examples
Dan Buettner: How to...
and on one more stanza about green plants, ostensibly missing is meat. They take this sanctuary in time very serious. For 24 hours every week, no matter how busy they are, how stressed out they are at work, where the kids need to be driven,
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Ranger Mentality PIPE No...
part of the Ranger creed is I will never leave a fallen comrade to follow it to the end of an enemy that's just one part of the Ranger creed the Ranger creed has six stanzas to it and we would say it every morning every morning before we
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Making data tangible PIPE...
turn it into something tangible that we could actually see and move it away from the screen and take it into into the real world a bit more so this work is called the body it's fine art is called stanza it's over two metres tall when
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Black life at the...
But I do not want to be a mother who gave birth to poems. I do not want a stanza for a son nor a line for a little girl nor a footnote for a child who doesn't fit into this world.
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A young poet tells the...
Too relentless, like the valley that filled with the putrid smoke of our deaths. Is it better in verse? Can a stanza become a burial shroud? Will it sting less if I say it softly?
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Virginia Euwer Wolff
American Author
Reviewers have called my books 'novels in verse.' I think of them as written in prose, but I do use stanzas. Stanza means 'room' in Latin, and I wanted there to be 'room' - breathing opportunities to receive thoughts and have time to come out of them before starting again at the left margin.
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Jason Reynolds
American Author
Poetry has the ability to create entire moments with just a few choice words. The spacing and line breaks create rhythm, a helpful musicality, a natural flow. The separate stanzas aid in perpetuating a kind of incremental reading, one small chunk at a time.
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Margo Jefferson
American Critic
My mind is stuffed with quotes. Lines, couplets, paragraphs, stanzas; Bessie Smith, Stevie Smith, Tin Pan Alley, rock and roll. They tease or lead or hurl me into a dream space of jostling languages that I need to bask in each day in order to write.
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Hermann Ebbinghaus
German Psychologist
The relation of repetitions for learning and for repeating English stanzas needs no amplification. These were learned by heart on the first day with less than half of the repetitions necessary for the shortest of the syllable series.
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Franz Wright
American Poet
When I'm in certain moods, a conversation will start up in my head, and suddenly I'll realize that the language has reached a very high and interesting level, and then lines and stanzas will just kind of appear, full-blown.
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Joanna Newsom
American Musician
In high school, we studied a lot of poetical forms. I was really interested in the math that was involved and the strange live break ups. That gave me a great amount of respect for a rhymed stanza.
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Vikram Seth
Indian Novelist
You have to learn a few things, which you do along the way, but basically, poetry is a matter of the ear. Iambic pentameters or what constitutes a stanza comes naturally - your ears will know.
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Sherman Alexie
American Writer
The form I most enjoy writing is the sonnet or sonnet-like forms, where you have a - you know, three stanzas or two stanzas that lead into a concluding couplet.
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James Fenton
British Poet
I don't see that a single line can constitute a stanza, although it can constitute a whole poem.
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Robert Indiana
American Artist
I think of my peace paintings as one long poem, with each painting being a single stanza.
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Virginia Euwer Wolff
American Author
Reviewers have called my books 'novels in verse.' I think of them as written in prose, but I do use stanzas. Stanza means 'room' in Latin, and I wanted there to be 'room' - breathing opportunities to receive thoughts and have time to come out of them before starting again at the left margin.
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Jason Reynolds
American Author
Poetry has the ability to create entire moments with just a few choice words. The spacing and line breaks create rhythm, a helpful musicality, a natural flow. The separate stanzas aid in perpetuating a kind of incremental reading, one small chunk at a time.
Quote examples
Margo Jefferson
American Critic
My mind is stuffed with quotes. Lines, couplets, paragraphs, stanzas; Bessie Smith, Stevie Smith, Tin Pan Alley, rock and roll. They tease or lead or hurl me into a dream space of jostling languages that I need to bask in each day in order to write.
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Hermann Ebbinghaus
German Psychologist
The relation of repetitions for learning and for repeating English stanzas needs no amplification. These were learned by heart on the first day with less than half of the repetitions necessary for the shortest of the syllable series.
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Franz Wright
American Poet
When I'm in certain moods, a conversation will start up in my head, and suddenly I'll realize that the language has reached a very high and interesting level, and then lines and stanzas will just kind of appear, full-blown.
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Joanna Newsom
American Musician
In high school, we studied a lot of poetical forms. I was really interested in the math that was involved and the strange live break ups. That gave me a great amount of respect for a rhymed stanza.
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Vikram Seth
Indian Novelist
You have to learn a few things, which you do along the way, but basically, poetry is a matter of the ear. Iambic pentameters or what constitutes a stanza comes naturally - your ears will know.
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Sherman Alexie
American Writer
The form I most enjoy writing is the sonnet or sonnet-like forms, where you have a - you know, three stanzas or two stanzas that lead into a concluding couplet.
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James Fenton
British Poet
I don't see that a single line can constitute a stanza, although it can constitute a whole poem.
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Robert Indiana
American Artist
I think of my peace paintings as one long poem, with each painting being a single stanza.
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