The division of a poem that consists of a series of lines arranged together. This is usually in the form of a recurring pattern of meter and rhyme. In music, a stanza, or verse, is a poem set with a recurring pattern of both rhyme and meter. A "strophic" song (as opposed to a "through-composed" song) has several stanzas or verses set to music that remains the same or similar with each stanza. Many hymns follow this pattern.
See also [Eng.]stanza;
[Fr.]stance (f);
[Ger.]Stanza (f);
[It.]stanza (f);
[Sp.]estrofa (f).