Stanza

Definition: is a group of lines with a certain length, four or more lines in a poem

Example:
   A Dream Within a Dream 
Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow--
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand--
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep--while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seemBut a dream within a dream?


Significance: Stanza is an important part of poetry because it help the poet organize his words. Using stanza when you are writing poems helps you on organization. Also it makes the poem better by making it clear.