Here, the most recent glacial activities ceased about 10,000 years ago. At one time glacial ice covered nearly two-thirds of Wisconsin, prompting the late Ray Zillmer to propose an Ice Age Glacier National Forest Park in 1950. An avid hiker, Zillmer visualized a trail, such as the Appalachian Trail, so visitors could explore Wisconsin's glacial landscape.
(December 2009). In poetry, a Ballad stanza is the four-line stanza, known as a quatrain, most often found in the folk ballad. This form consists of alternating four-and three-stress lines. Usually only the second and fourth lines rhyme (in an a/b/c/b pattern). Assonance in place of rhyme is common. Samuel Taylor Coleridge adopted the ballad stanza in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, alternating eight and six syllable lines.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Stanza. In poetry, a stanza is a unit within a larger poem. In modern poetry, the term is often equivalent with strophe; in popular vocal music, a stanza is typically referred to as a verse.