Tuesday 19 April 2011

Stanza

Stanza: A stanza is a group of lines within a poem. It is a form of a paragraph in a poem.


Ex: I met a man who'd kept a snail as pet
beneath a cold stone house which had no wife;
too dank it was for even cats to thrive.
Inside an old fish tank his snail friend slept.

The man's round back was proof he'd not forget
to spend good time in keeping things alive
between his care-filled self and his shelled bride.
All day he'd curve around her as she crept

Significance: Stanza's job is to divide verses of a poem. It is also a good way to expand the ideas in a poem.

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