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stanza |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stanza \Stan"za\, n.; pl {Stanzas}. [It. stanza a room habitation, a stanza, i. e., a stop, fr L. stans, p. pr of stare to stand See {Stand}, and cf {Estancia}, {Stance}, {Stanchion}.] 1. A number of lines or verses forming a division of a song or poem, and agreeing in meter, rhyme, number of lines, etc., with other divisions; a part of a poem, ordinarily containing every variation of measure in that poem; a combination or arrangement of lines usually recurring; whether like or unlike, in measure. Horace confines himself strictly to one sort of verse, or stanza, in every ode. --Dryden. 2. (Arch.) An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stanza n : a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
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