Which term refers to a grouped set of lines in a poem?

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Which term refers to a grouped set of lines in a poem?

The idea here is how poems are organized into units. A stanza is a grouped set of lines that functions like a paragraph in prose. It’s the basic building block that helps a poet separate thoughts, scenes, or shifts in time or mood, usually shown by a blank line before the next group of lines. Meter is about the rhythm of each line—the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Rhyme scheme is the pattern of end rhymes across the lines in a stanza, often labeled with letters (for example, ABAB). End rhyme refers specifically to rhymes at the ends of lines. So the term for a grouped set of lines is the stanza, distinct from those other aspects of a poem’s sound and structure.

The idea here is how poems are organized into units. A stanza is a grouped set of lines that functions like a paragraph in prose. It’s the basic building block that helps a poet separate thoughts, scenes, or shifts in time or mood, usually shown by a blank line before the next group of lines.

Meter is about the rhythm of each line—the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Rhyme scheme is the pattern of end rhymes across the lines in a stanza, often labeled with letters (for example, ABAB). End rhyme refers specifically to rhymes at the ends of lines. So the term for a grouped set of lines is the stanza, distinct from those other aspects of a poem’s sound and structure.

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