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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a stanza" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a grouped set of lines in a poem or song, typically separated by a space from other stanzas.
Example: "The poem consists of three stanzas, each exploring a different theme."
Alternatives: "a verse" or "a section of the poem".
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She recited a stanza from Tuesday's poet.
It's tempting to arrange them as a stanza: Inside the light, he floated in a spaceship.
Rhyme scheme, the formal arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or a poem.
Burns metre, in poetry, a stanza often used by Robert Burns and other Scottish poets.
Monk's Tale stanza, a stanza of eight five-stress lines with the rhyme scheme ababbcbc.
"The prevailing concept of the garden is that each tier constitutes a stanza," Kunitz said.
Following is a stanza from "The Pinkster Ode," published in 1803.
Here is a stanza from the 1973 poem "Lagoon": The gondola knocks against its moorings.
I want to write a long poem where each island has a stanza.
It closes with a stanza from a most beautiful poem: Ithaka by CP Cavafy (tinyurl.com/ithakacavafy).
A stanza of eight lines (as for instance in Marvell's "The Garden") is called an octave.
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