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The first stanza calls the dead person a “Creature,” meaning “something created.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Crocker has changed his approach as he was now coming forward a bit more with his tight guard, and that was suiting Donovan, with the fight seemingly on a knife-edge heading into the final stanza.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025

A shaky middle stanza, when the 26-year-old right-hander stumbled with a 2-4 mark and 4.43 ERA over his next eight outings from May 8 to June 19.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2025

Later in the first stanza, he gave the same treatment to USC star guard Isaiah Collier, who went under a dribble-handoff screen from WSU forward Isaac Jones, who shuffled it to Watts on the wing.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2024

The final stanza of “The Prophecy of Gray” left out all the details that would have made it useful.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

The books are episodic, composed of scenes that function like poetic stanzas that are linked as much by ideas and motifs as by narrative progression.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

In his analysis of “Moving Towards Home,” Miller highlights stanzas such as:

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2025

When California’s new poet laureate, Lee Herrick, recited “My California,” his best-known work, from the poetry stage, the stanzas had a hypnotic effect on the throngs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2023

Like many of her peers, she favors objects that bear the marks of use, as if, having inherited a sorely used world, she’s making stanzas from its leftovers.

From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2023

The final three stanzas of “Song of Myself” were also highlighted.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green