Definition of Stanza In poetry, a stanza is a division of four or more lines having a fixed length, meter, or rhyming scheme. Stanzas in poetry are similar to paragraphs in prose. Both stanzas and paragraphs include connected thoughts, and are set off by a space. The number of lines varies in different kinds of stanzas, but it is uncommon for a stanza to have more than twelve lines.
Definition of remedy. plural. remedies. 1 : a medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease. 2 : something that corrects or counteracts. 3 : the legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.
transitive verb. 1  To make (pain, for example) less intense or more bearable: a drug that alleviates cold symptoms. 2  To lessen or reduce: alleviate unemployment.his woman hopes these things will alleviate her headache. This woman hopes these things will alleviate her headache. The definition of alleviate is to make something easier to deal with or endure. An example of alleviate is to take pain killers to ease the tension of a headache.