Stanza

/ˈstænzə/

Synonyms for "stanza" (75 found)

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Closest matches (15)

anacrusis antistrophebass passagebook bourdon bridge burden cadence canto chorus coda couplet development distich division

Strong matches (23)

envoi epode exposition falderal figure folderolharmonic closeheptastich hexastich interlude intermezzointroductory phraseline measure monostich movementmusical phrasemusical sentenceoctastich octave

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octet ornament

Noun(1 words)

lyric block

Related words (37)

ottava rimapart passage pentastich period phrase quatrain refrain resolution responserhyme royalritornello section septet sestet sextetspenserian stanzastatement stave strain

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strophe syllable tailpiece tercetterza rimatetrastich triplet tristich tuttitutti passagevariation verse

Noun(5 words)

strophe strophes verseverse blockverses

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More general

6 entries

division section structure texttext unittextual matter

More specific

3 entries

ballad stanzachoral stanzalimerick stanza

Collocations

6 entries

ballad stanzapoetic stanzastanza breakstanza formstanza lengthverse stanza

Inflections

1 entries

stanzas

Derivations

1 entries

stanzaic

Sample sentences

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Your poem would be more powerful if you cut the final stanza.

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I find the third stanza weak.

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The third stanza is unnecessary.

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The same line is repeated in each stanza.

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