Stanza vs. Stichic — What's the Difference?

In poetry, a stanza (; from Italian stanza [ˈstantsa], "room") is a grouped set of lines within a poem, usually set off from others by a blank line or indentation. Stanzas can have regular rhyme and metrical schemes, though stanzas are not strictly required to have either.

Poetry made up of lines of the same approximate meter and length, not broken up into stanzas, is called stichic (as opposed to stanzaic, e.g.). Most poetry from the Old English period is considered stichic.

One of the divisions of a poem, composed of two or more lines usually characterized by a common pattern of meter, rhyme, and number of lines.

Composed of verses having the same metrical form.

A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse.

Describing verse that is not divided into stanzas, but consists of lines all having the same metrical form

(architecture) An apartment or division in a building.

Of or pertaining to stichs, or lines; consisting of stichs, or lines.

(computing) An XML element which acts as basic unit of meaning in XMPP.

(broadcasting) A segment; a portion of a broadcast devoted to a particular topic.

(sports) A period; an interval into which a sporting event is divided.

A number of lines or verses forming a division of a song or poem, and agreeing in meter, rhyme, number of lines, etc., with other divisions; a part of a poem, ordinarily containing every variation of measure in that poem; a combination or arrangement of lines usually recurring, whether like or unlike, in measure.

An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber.

A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem