stanzas

Example Sentences

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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

“Marina,” as the poem is known, consists of 291 stanzas and 2,900 verses.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024

I gave my idea a form, a structure in which to be contained stanzas, line breaks that were cues.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2023

Taylor mixes stanzas and prose blocks with photographs and collages and timelines.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2022

We alternate stanzas, first Finch, then me, Finch, then me.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven