What is stanza?

A stanza is a group of lines in a poem that has a fixed number of lines and a specific pattern of rhyme and meter. Stanzas are used to organize a poem into sections, and they help create a sense of structure and form. Different types of stanza can have different numbers of lines and various rhyme or meter patterns, such as the rhyming couplet, tercet, quatrain, quintain, sestet, and octave. The choice of stanza depends on the poet's intentions, the poem's subject matter, and the mood or tone they wish to convey.