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1. (n.) stanza
an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usu. four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem.
Etymology: (1580–90; < It: room, station, stanza < VL *stantia; see stance)
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1. (noun) stanza
a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
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1. (noun) stanza
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
2. (noun) stanza
an apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber
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