stanza

Swedish translation: strof

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English term or phrase:stanza
Swedish translation:strof

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15:34 Jun 18, 2009
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: stanza
Definition from Infoplease:
Two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the divisions of a poem. The stanzas of a poem are usually of the same length and follow the same pattern of meter and rhyme.

Example sentence(s):
  • Stanzas provide structure and format within a poem. In many ways they are the equivalent of a paragraph in a prose work. The use of stanzas can make a poem more visually appealing, and give the poem a means of division. Even poems without rhyme or meter will gain structure from the use of stanzas. PoeWar
  • A sestina is usually an unrhymed poem consisting of six stanzas made up of six lines each. The sestina employs word repetition rather than rhyme. The last word of each line in the first stanza is repeated in a different order in the following five stanzas. Poets’ Graves
  • The type of stanza in a poem may be determined by counting the number of lines in the stanza. In English, for example, the most common type of stanza is the quatrain, or four line stanza. everything2
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strof
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strof, metrisk enhet som består av två eller flera versrader. En dikts strofer är vanligen likartat utformade i fråga om versmått och antal rader.
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Definition from Nationalencyklopedin:
strof, metrisk enhet som består av två eller flera versrader. En dikts strofer är vanligen likartat utformade i fråga om versmått och antal rader.

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  • * De två första stroferna ur Tomas Tranströmers dikt "Resan" ur diktsamlingen Den halvfärdiga himlen (1962): På tunnelbanestationen. En trängsel bland plakat i ett stirrande dött ljus. Tåget kom och hämtade ansikten och portföljer. - Wikipedia  
  • En strof ur författaren och Stockholmsskildraren Per Anders Fogelströms författarskap blir en del i den nya borgerliga äktenskapsceremonin som börjar gälla den 1 maj i år. - SVT - Rapport  
  • Dikten består av fem sexradiga strofer som även innefattar rimflätan "aabccb". Diktens första strof inleds med meningen "låt oss sakta, låt oss dock betrakta skogens vita slott" som används för att bygga upp stämningen i dikten. - Diktanalys av Gustaf Frödings Vinternat  
Anna Herbst
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Yes  Anna Eriksson
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  -> Tack Anna!
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