Definition of "stanzas" [stanzas]

• Plural form of stanza. (noun)

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• "In considering these various groups of lines which we call stanzas it is clear that we have to do with thought-units as well as feeling-units, and that both thought-units and feeling-units should be harmonized, if possible, with the demands of beauty and variety of sound as represented by the rhymes."
• "First, I really love the way the writing is structured -- not in stanzas or lines, but in staccato bursts of thoughts and ideas."
• "The thematic surprises of this poem unfold in stanzas that end on notes of mystery — what are those "sad thoughts"?"