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15:54 Nov 3, 2009
English to Catalan translations [PRO] 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
Definition: estrofa f. 1 Grup de versos que constitueixen una unitat i s’ordenen de manera que presenten una correspondència mètrica amb un altre o altres grups semblants.
Definition from Diccionari de la llengua catalana IEC: estrofa f. 1 Grup de versos que constitueixen una unitat i s’ordenen de manera que presenten una correspondència mètrica amb un altre o altres grups semblants.
Example sentence(s):
'apariat esdevé estrofa autònoma en formes poemàtiques primitives, en el refrany o respòs de poema de forma fixa, en la parèmia, el rodolí i altres composicions que presenten unitat de sentit - Enciclopèdia catalana
Laura Calvo Valdivielso Local time: 19:18 Native speaker of: Spanish, Catalan PRO pts in category: 8
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