Stanzas

Definition:


A stanza is what is seen as a paragraph in poetry; it is arranged by a specific number of lines and has a certain rhythm, format, and sometimes, a rhyming sequence.




Example:

I Love To Write Poems
(First Stanza)
I love to write
Day and night 
What would my heart do
But cry, sigh and blue
If I could not write
(Second Stanza)
Writing feels good
And I know it should
Who could have knew
That what I do
Is write, write, write.


-Unknown Author



Significance:


Stanzas are extremely important in poetry because they break up a poem into certain ideas, and this then creates the mood for the poem.