Stanza ♥

Definition: A poem divided into sections. A verse from two or more verses. Characterized by a common pattern of rhyme, and number of lines.

Example:

“Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?

Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,

O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?

And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,

Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.

Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?”

( Excerpts from "The Star Spangled Banner" Francis Scott Key )

Significance: I think stanza is important because after reading one verse we can stop, thinking about that stanza and be able to understand it well in order to make you understand a whole poem easier. Divided poem in many verses to catch people's attention in order to make them think that the poem is not boring and they can fell in with the rhythm of the poem.