stanza

a lot of times ppl here call a part of a poem a stanza, now , on wikipedia ( the dutch version, not the english one) it says that a stanza is 5 lines
here ppl often talk about a stanza even if it's about a 4 line part
distichon:2 lines
terzine:3 lines
quatrain:4 lines
stanza:5 lines
sextet:6 lines
septet:7 lines
octave:8 lines

so, what is correct?

definition from dictionary.reference.com:

stan·za
n.

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.

The english wikipedia states that:

In poetry, a stanza is a unit within a larger poem. (The term means "room" in Italian.) In modern poetry, the term is often equivalent with strophe; in popular vocal music, a stanza is typically referred to as a "verse" (as distinct from the refrain, or "chorus").

a 2 line stanza is a couplet
a 3 line stanza is a tercet.

terms I've heard for a 5 line stanza are quintet, quintain, an cinquian

In other words, the dutch wikipedia shouldn't be trying to define english words anyway.

now that you mention it, i do know that 2 lines is a couplet, forgot that
well, perhaps you're right that a dutch one shouldn't try to define words from other languages, but, you look something up on it, and expect it to be true
i look up alot of poetry terms on the english wikipedia, but because of the different explanations here it didn't make sense
a good site, with the correct definitions for al poetry terms , that would be something good

Perhaps the dutch do things differently, but the information on the english site seems fine to me.

It's a stanza

correct mel... its a stanza

well i have always been taught at school that it is a stanza.

I know songs have stanzas.