| Meaning | A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem. |
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| Part of | poem, verse form | A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines |
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| Parts | line | text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen |
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| Narrower | Spenserian stanza | A stanza with eight lines of iambic pentameter and a concluding Alexandrine with the rhyme pattern abab bcbc c |
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| antistrophe | The section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama |
| couplet | A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse |
| envoy, envoi | A brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry |
| octave | A rhythmic group of eight lines of verse |
| ottava rima | A stanza of eight lines of heroic verse with the rhyme scheme abababcc |
| quatrain | A stanza of four lines |
| rhyme royal | A stanza form having seven lines of iambic pentameter |
| sestet | A rhythmic group of six lines of verse |
| strophe | One section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama |
| Broader | text, textual matter | The words of something written |
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| Spanish | estancia, estrofa, stanza |
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| Catalan | estança, estrofa |
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