##  [Stanza](/index.php/stanza) 

  ##  [Stanza](https://humanitites.quantumdictionary.io/stanza-0) 

  

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Definition

A grouped set of lines within a poem that forms a recurring metrical, syntactic, or rhetorical unit used to organize thought, sound, and pacing; stanzas may be defined by a fixed line count and pattern (formal stanza) or by spacing and thematic closure (open or variable stanza).