'Stanza' definitions:
Definition of 'stanza'
From: WordNet
noun
A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
Definition of 'Stanza'
From: GCIDE
- Stanza \Stan"za\ (st[a^]n"z[.a]), n.; pl. Stanzas (-z[.a]z). [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. [1913 Webster]
- Horace confines himself strictly to one sort of verse, or stanza, in every ode. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Arch.) An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stanza'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anacrusis,
- antistrophe,
- bass passage,
- book,
- bourdon,
- bridge,
- burden,
- cadence,
- canto,
- chorus,
- coda,
- couplet,
- development,
- distich,
- division,
- envoi,
- epode,
- exposition,
- figure,
- folderol,
- harmonic close,
- heptastich,
- hexastich,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- introductory phrase,
- line,
- measure,
- monostich,
- movement,
- musical phrase,
- musical sentence,
- octastich,
- octave,
- octet,
- ornament,
- ottava rima,
- part,
- passage,
- pentastich,
- period,
- phrase,
- quatrain,
- refrain,
- resolution,
- response,
- rhyme royal,
- ritornello,
- section,
- septet,
- sestet,
- sextet,
- Spenserian stanza,
- statement,
- stave,
- strain,
- strophe,
- syllable,
- tailpiece,
- tercet,
- terza rima,
- tetrastich,
- triplet,
- tristich,
- tutti,
- tutti passage,
- variation,
- verse