stanza
The origin and history of stanza.
Etymology
From Italian 'stanza', meaning 'room' or 'stopping place', from the sense of each group of lines being a room within the poem.
The origin and history of stanza.
From Italian 'stanza', meaning 'room' or 'stopping place', from the sense of each group of lines being a room within the poem.
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