Crossword Clue:

a stanza of five lines

AnswerCrossword Clue
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'."
SESTETStanza of 6 lines.
SESTETStanza of six lines.
TRIOLETStanza of eight lines.
CINQUAINFive-line stanza
STAFFSet of five lines
TANKAPoem of 31 syllables in five lines