--- title: "14 Stanza Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 14 Stanza quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Stanza sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/178/jane-hirshfield-2649_different_i-d-say-that-the-middle-stanza-is-closer_1811708.png" --- > [I'd say that the middle stanza is closer: that's the place where the poem ranges unexpectedly into a different realm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-hirshfield/i-d-say-that-the-middle-stanza-is-closer-that-s-the-place-where-the/) [Jane Hirshfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-hirshfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/178/jane-hirshfield-2649_different_i-d-say-that-the-middle-stanza-is-closer_1811708.png) > [I never 'plan' a stanza. Words cluster like chromosomes, determining the procedure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-moore/i-never-plan-a-stanza-words-cluster-like-chromosomes-determining-the/) [Marianne Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fe/marianne-moore-3315_chromosomes_i-never-plan-a-stanza-words-cluster-like_2617769.png) > [“Poetry isn’t an island, it is the bridge. Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat. Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/poetry-isn-t-an-island-it-is-the-bridge-poetry-isn-t-a-ship-it-is-the/) [Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6a/kamand-kojouri-1973_art_poetry-isn-t-an-island-it-is-the-bridge_1496867.jpg) > [I don't see that a single line can constitute a stanza, although it can constitute a whole poem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-fenton/i-don-t-see-that-a-single-line-can-constitute-a-stanza-although-it/) [James Fenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-fenton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/623/james-fenton-9438_lines_i-don-t-see-that-a-single-line-can-const_3193994.png) > [Poetry makes its own pertinence, and a single stanza outweighs a book of prose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/poetry-makes-its-own-pertinence-and-a-single-stanza-outweighs-a-book/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9f/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_book_poetry-makes-its-own-pertinence-and-a-si_1629734.png) > [So much of our lives depends on accidents of birth, time, and geography. This haunts me. In some lives, few "or"s are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-hirshfield/so-much-of-our-lives-depends-on-accidents-of-birth-time-and-geography/) [Jane Hirshfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-hirshfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b31/jane-hirshfield-2649_accidents_so-much-of-our-lives-depends-on-accident_1321976.png) > [At four lines, with the quatrain, we reach the basic stanza form familiar from a whole range of English poetic practice. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-fenton/at-four-lines-with-the-quatrain-we-reach-the-basic-stanza-form/) [James Fenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-fenton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e7/james-fenton-9438_ballads_at-four-lines-with-the-quatrain-we-reach_1552048.jpg) > [“I’m engaged in the dance of the ages and the search for a song to go with it. Though Templeton’s A Veritable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chila-woychik/i-m-engaged-in-the-dance-of-the-ages-and-the-search-for-a-song-to-go/) [Chila Woychik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chila-woychik/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/chila-woychik-11428_life_i-m-engaged-in-the-dance-of-the-ages-and_885477.jpg) > [The Italian word 'stanza' means 'a room', and a room is a good way to conceive of a stanza. A room, generally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-fenton/the-italian-word-stanza-means-a-room-and-a-room-is-a-good-way-to/) [James Fenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-fenton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca6/james-fenton-9438_being_the-italian-word-stanza-means-a-room-and_659896.png) > [Each poem seems to demand its own formal approach. In both drafting and revision, I'll play around with line lengths and stanza…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-joseph/each-poem-seems-to-demand-its-own-formal-approach-in-both-drafting/) [Allison Joseph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-joseph/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7e/allison-joseph-25662_approach_each-poem-seems-to-demand-its-own-formal_1101505.png) > [“Wherever you go in the next catastrophé Be it sickroom, or prison, or cemet’ry Do not fear that your stay will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/wherever-you-go-in-the-next-catastroph-be-it-sickroom-or-prison-or/) [Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/roman-payne-1959_21st-century_wherever-you-go-in-the-next-catastroph-b_2961756.jpg) > [Is there a parson much bemused in beer, a maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, a clerk foredoom'd his father's soul to cross,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/is-there-a-parson-much-bemused-in-beer-a-maudlin-poetess-a-rhyming/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f06/alexander-pope-235_beer_is-there-a-parson-much-bemused-in-beer-a_916128.png) > [I have said this to explain the stanza that follows, in which the soul replies to those who call in question its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-the-cross/i-have-said-this-to-explain-the-stanza-that-follows-in-which-the-soul/) [John of the Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-the-cross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/john-of-the-cross-9695_conception_i-have-said-this-to-explain-the-stanza-t_834372.jpg) > [For no one, in our long decline,So dusty, spiteful and divided,Had quite such pleasant friends as mine,Or loved them half as much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilaire-belloc/for-no-one-in-our-long-decline-so-dusty-spiteful-and-divided-had/) [Hilaire Belloc](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilaire-belloc/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/913/hilaire-belloc-2294_book_for-no-one-in-our-long-decline-so-dusty_140002.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stanza/#itemlist", "name": "Stanza Quotes", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'd say that the middle stanza is closer: that's the place where the poem ranges unexpectedly into a different realm.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jane Hirshfield" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-hirshfield/i-d-say-that-the-middle-stanza-is-closer-that-s-the-place-where-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/178/jane-hirshfield-2649_different_i-d-say-that-the-middle-stanza-is-closer_1811708.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/178/jane-hirshfield-2649_different_i-d-say-that-the-middle-stanza-is-closer_1811708.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/178/jane-hirshfield-2649_different_i-d-say-that-the-middle-stanza-is-closer_1811708.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'd say that the middle stanza is closer: that's the place where the poem ranges unexpectedly into a…” — Jane Hirshfield", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I never 'plan' a stanza. 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