What is a stanza?
A stanza is a division of a poem consisting two or more lines. It is arranged together as a unit and be compared to a paragraph in a prose. Some poems may have only single stanza or some of the poems have many stanzas. As we take an example of any poem as; ‘On His Blindness’. This poem has only fourteen lines and this is a sonnet. The stanza structure often repeats in the poetry.
| Stanza form | Number of lines |
| Couplet | Two |
| Tercet or Triplet | Three |
| Quatrain | Four |
| Quintain | Five |
| Sestet | Six |
| Septet | Seven |
| Octave | Eight |
What is one line stanza?
A one line stanza is called monostich.
What is rhyme scheme in a poetry?
At the end of each line of poetry a rhymed pattern is known is rhyme scheme.