Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Stanza

DefinitionIn poetry, a stanza is a unit within a larger poem. 
A stanza consists of a grouping of lines
set off by a space, that usually has a set pattern of meter and rhyme.


ExampleDo not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;Rage, rage against the dying of the light


SignificanceStanzas can be identified and grouped together because they share a rhyme. Also, stanza have lots of repeated words or sentence so can easier to understand and think. 

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