stanza
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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
“The word stops, the heart dies / The wind counts the lost goodbyes,” goes one characteristically haunting stanza.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024
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
It was, therefore, an eerily prophetic song, especially the stanza that went:
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
She spends three stanzas working herself up to expressing her pain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
In his analysis of “Moving Towards Home,” Miller highlights stanzas such as:
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2025
“Marina,” as the poem is known, consists of 291 stanzas and 2,900 verses.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
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
The final three stanzas of “Song of Myself” were also highlighted.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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