stanza

Noun
  1. A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem (synset 107066331)
    is a type of: text, textual matter - the words of something written
    subtypes:
    • couplet - a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed
    • octave - a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse
    • sestet - a rhythmic group of six lines of verse
    • envoi, envoy - a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry
    • quatrain - a stanza of four lines
    • spenserian stanza - a stanza with eight lines of iambic pentameter and a concluding Alexandrine with the rhyme pattern abab bcbc c
    • strophe - one section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama
    • antistrophe - the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem
    • rhyme royal - a stanza form having seven lines of iambic pentameter; introduced by Chaucer
    • ottava rima - a stanza of eight lines of heroic verse with the rhyme scheme abababcc
    has: line - text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen
    is a part of: poem, verse form - a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

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