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stanza

noun as in stave

Strongest match

Strong matches

noun as in verse

Strong matches

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“I read the stanzas and try to paint pictures with the notes.”

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In his analysis of “Moving Towards Home,” Miller highlights stanzas such as:

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With every stanza, she settled into a musical rhythm that was satiric and bitingly honest.

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And two others, “No Fear” and “Happy With You,” repeat lyrics like mantras as the music builds around them, filling up over 11 minutes of music with just two stanzas of words.

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Crocker has changed his approach as he was now coming forward a bit more with his tight guard, and that was suiting Donovan, with the fight seemingly on a knife-edge heading into the final stanza.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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