stanza

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stan·za /ˈstænzə/ noun [countable]  ALa group of lines in a repeated pattern forming part of a poem 〔诗的〕节，段 SYN verse

Examples from the Corpus

stanza• If a stanza from Sappho, for instance, were to fall on your foot, it might hurt.• This is an excellent contrast between stanzas.• Adding insult to injury, a double cross awaits our luckless hero in the final stanza.• Athough the text is sometimes represented in stanzas, it does not appear as verse in all the manuscripts.• In stanza three it appears once again.• Each kid would sing a two-line stanza, making it up as he went.• The sun is a very good symbol and can be used to show the contrast in the tone between the stanzas.Origin stanza (1500-1600) Italian “place to stay, room, stanza”, from Vulgar Latin stantia; → STANCE

stan·za nounChineseSyllable  

repeated in group a a of pattern forming lines Corpus

stanza
stan‧za /ˈstænzə/ noun [countable]a group of lines in a repeated pattern forming part of a poem
   SYN  verse
     

THESAURUS

■ parts of a poem
   ▪ verse a group of words or sentences that form one part of a poem: The poem has three verses. | the final verse
   ▪ stanza a group of lines in a repeated pattern, which form part of a poem: the opening stanza of Keats’ poem ‘Ode to a Nightingale’

stanzaBrE /ˈstænzə/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstænzə/ 🔊 noun (specialist) a group of lines in a repeated pattern that form a unit in some types of poem （诗的）节，段 SYN verse

couplet, image, lyric, poetry, recite, refrain, rhyme, scansion, stanza, verse