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2. "A group of four lines in some Greek and Latin meters."** "group of rhymed verse lines," 1580s, from It. stanza "verse of a poem," originally "standing, stopping place," from V.L. *stantia "a stanza of verse," so called from the stop at the end of it, from L. stans (gen. stantis ), prp. of stare "to stand"
 * Definition:: **1. "Consists of 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 and are used like paragraphs in a story."*
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 * Examples ** from text:

1) 'Oh! what hairy arms you've got, Grandmother!'

'All the better to hug you, my child.'

'Oh! what a big tongue you've got, Grandmother!'

'All the better for answering, child.'

- **The True History of Little Goldenhood** Andrew Lang, The Red Fairy Book

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