stanza — meaning in English

English meaning

• line noun A long, thin mark or stroke, straight or curved, on a surface.
• stanza noun A group of lines in a poem, set apart from the next group by a blank line and often sharing a fixed pattern of length, rhythm and rhyme.

Senses

stanza is used for these senses in English:

• line A verse (in poetry).
• stanza (poetry) A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse.

line — full definition

1. noun A long, thin mark or stroke, straight or curved, on a surface.
2. noun A row or sequence of people, things, or words, one after another.
3. verb To arrange people or things in a row, or to form such a row.
4. verb To cover the inside surface of something with a layer of material.
5. noun A telephone or other communication connection.

stanza — full definition

1. noun A group of lines in a poem, set apart from the next group by a blank line and often sharing a fixed pattern of length, rhythm and rhyme.
2. noun A verse of a song, as distinct from the chorus.

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