stanza

/ˈstænzə/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈstænzə/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈstan-zə/ (ame, mw)

stanza — 名詞

  • stanzasingular
  • stanzasplural

1. one of the named blocks of lines that a poem is built from, where each block is

1.名詞B2
釋義

詩節

詩中由數行組成的一個段落

one of the named blocks of lines that a poem is built from, where each block is set off from the next by a blank line and usually shares the same rhythm or rhyme pattern as the others.

例句

Joaquín read out the opening stanza of the poem at his grandmother's funeral.

Joaquín 在祖母的喪禮上朗讀了那首詩的開頭一節。

collocation: opening stanza

Each stanza of the hymn ends with the same two-line refrain about mercy.

這首聖詩的每一節都以同樣那兩行談論慈悲的副歌結尾。

pattern: each stanza of [poem/song]

同義詞
  • verse

    everyday word for the same unit; also used for one line of poetry or for poetry in general, so it is less precise than 'stanza'.

  • strophe

    technical term from classical Greek poetry; rare in modern English outside literary criticism.

文法句型

stanza + of + [number] + lines

ordinal + stanza (the first / second / final stanza)

用法筆記

Restricted to poems and hymns; the matching unit in popular songs is called a 'verse'. Length is typically described in lines (a four-line stanza, a stanza of six lines), not in words.

常見錯誤

❌The song has two stanzas and a chorus.
✅The song has two verses and a chorus.
💡in popular music, the sung sections are called verses, not stanzas.
❌Each stanza of the essay has five sentences.
✅Each paragraph of the essay has five sentences.
💡stanzas only belong to poems; prose uses paragraphs.