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15:35 Jun 18, 2009
English to Latvian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: stanza
Definition from Infoplease:
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.

Example sentence(s):
  • Stanzas provide structure and format within a poem. In many ways they are the equivalent of a paragraph in a prose work. The use of stanzas can make a poem more visually appealing, and give the poem a means of division. Even poems without rhyme or meter will gain structure from the use of stanzas. PoeWar
  • A sestina is usually an unrhymed poem consisting of six stanzas made up of six lines each. The sestina employs word repetition rather than rhyme. The last word of each line in the first stanza is repeated in a different order in the following five stanzas. Poets’ Graves
  • The type of stanza in a poem may be determined by counting the number of lines in the stanza. In English, for example, the most common type of stanza is the quatrain, or four line stanza. everything2
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4Strofa, vārsma
Aivars Zarins


  

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Strofa, vārsma


Definition from Svešvārdu vārdnīca 1969:
Vairāku vārsmu, arī divu vai vairāku pantu savienojums, kas intonācijas un atskaņu ziņā veido sistāmu un kas dzejas darbā atkārtojas (piem., rondo, sonets, triolets);

Example sentence(s):
  • Strofa (grieķu val. strophē - pagrieziens) – dzejas forma – pēc noteiktām stingrām likumībām veidots pants, pantu kopa. Mūzikā - perioda vai vienkāršas formas uzbūve, kas skaņdarbā atkārtojas, veidojot strofisko formu ( dziesmas forma, vispirms vokālajā mūzikā – tautasdziesmās, profesionālajās dziesmās), kurā viena un tā pati muzikālā uzbūve atkārtojas vairākas reizes ar saturā dažādām poētiskā teksta strofām. Strofu forma plaši izplatīta, uz to balstīta tautasdziesmu uzbūve. Izšķir nedalāmu strofu un dalāmu strofu (pants un piedziedājums). Katrai no daļām var būt perioda vai vienkārša divdaļu forma. - LIIS  

Explanation:
Vārsma būtu piemērotākais latviskojums, jo šo vārdu lieto ne tikai rindiņu dzejā, bet arī labības kūlīšus, k var vienā reizē saklāt uz ārdiem. (Karulis)
Aivars Zarins
Latvia
Local time: 04:36
Native speaker of: Latvian
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