Crossword Clue:

HUITAIN a group of eight lines of verse

AnswerCrossword Clue
OCTAVEEight lines of verse
STANZAEDMade into a fixed number of lines of verse
EDWARDLEARThere once was an author from Britain - Who laughed at the poems he'd written - "Five lines to a verse - Is so very terse - I can finish 'em up in one sittin'."
OCTALOf a group of eight
SOLFifth in a group of eight