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Definition of: stanza
(stan′zə) noun
A certain number of lines of verse grouped in a definite scheme of meter and sequence; a metrical division of a poem: often incorrectly called a verse. [<Ital., room, stanza <L stans, stantis standing. See STANCE.]
—stan·za·ic (stan·zā′ik) adjective
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