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  • " 'A poem or stanza with four lines and an alternating rhyme scheme,' " I recited.†  (source)
    stanza = part of a poem or song that has other such parts--each part consisting of a fixed number of lines
  • It is not in Vronsky's saddlebags; Not in Sonnet XXX, stanza one; Not on twenty-seven red ...†  (source)
  • It was mentioned as the most inspiring in the closing speech, and some in the audience asked him to repeat whole stanzas and couplets, exclaiming "Wah wah" when a particular line pleased them, which is a bit like "Bravo."†  (source)
    stanzas = parts of a poem or song where each part consists of a fixed number of lines
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  • The hisses and shushes pick up on the next stanza.†  (source)
    stanza = part of a poem or song that has other such parts--each part consisting of a fixed number of lines
  • Dr. Holden read the last stanzas again and then looked up at me.†  (source)
    stanzas = parts of a poem or song where each part consists of a fixed number of lines
  • A perfect stanza of iambic pentameter, and the first altar of science had revealed itself in pristine clarity.†  (source)
    stanza = part of a poem or song that has other such parts--each part consisting of a fixed number of lines
  • The last stanzas were written the same week last year that J.T. Telio disappeared.†  (source)
    stanzas = parts of a poem or song where each part consists of a fixed number of lines
  • I could only afford part of a stanza.†  (source)
    stanza = part of a poem or song that has other such parts--each part consisting of a fixed number of lines
  • A few more stanzas, and they cracked open, revealing a triangular crevice.†  (source)
    stanzas = parts of a poem or song where each part consists of a fixed number of lines
  • He clicked on an icon of a cat sneezing, and immediately a stanza appeared below.†  (source)
    stanza = part of a poem or song that has other such parts--each part consisting of a fixed number of lines
  • Her gaze caught on one of the stanzas: The dream-child moving through a land Of wonders, wild and new, In friendly chat with bird or beast— And half believed it true.†  (source)
    stanzas = parts of a poem or song where each part consists of a fixed number of lines
  • We would notice that something funny is going on, that in fact he uses the same six words to end the lines in every stanza, but who has a name for that?†  (source)
    stanza = part of a poem or song that has other such parts--each part consisting of a fixed number of lines
  • They inquired after her studies and she was asked to recite a few stanzas from "The Daffodils."†  (source)
    stanzas = parts of a poem or song where each part consists of a fixed number of lines
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