Stanza – a fixed number of lines of verses forming a unit of poem. It depends on their structure and rhyme patterns. Commonly people understand it is “paragraphs” for poems.
Example:
The wind was a torrent of darkness upon the gusty trees, The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, The road was a ribbon of moonlight looping the purple moor, And the highwayman came riding-- Riding--riding-- The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn door. He'd a French cocked hat on his forehead, and a bunch of lace at his chin; He'd a coat of the claret velvet, and breeches of fine doe-skin. They fitted with never a wrinkle; his boots were up to his thigh! And he rode with a jeweled twinkle-- His rapier hilt a-twinkle-- His pistol butts a-twinkle, under the jeweled sky. |
Significance – Stanza supports the poems by separate the different ideas, therefore it is easier for us to understand.
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