The eddic poem Grímnismál describes twelve divine dwellings beginning in stanza 5 with:

In the stanza that follows, the völva describes that Odin's " tall child of Triumph's Sire " ( Odin's son Víðarr ) will then come to " strike at the beast of slaughter ," and with his hands, he will drive a sword onto the heart of " Hveðrungr's son ," avenging the death of his father.

The first stanza of the poem describes Khan's pleasure dome built alongside a sacred river fed by a powerful fountain.

The poem expands on the gothic hints of the first stanza as the narrator explores the dark chasm in the midst of Xanadu's gardens, and describes the surrounding area as both " savage " and " holy ".

In the poem, Fjölsviðr describes to the hero Svipdagr that Sinmara keeps the weapon Lævateinn within a chest, locked with nine strong locks ( due to significant translation differences, two translations of the stanza are provided here ):

In stanza 17 of Grímnismál, during Odin's visions of various dwelling places of the gods, he describes Víðarr's ( here anglicized as " Vidar ") residence:

In stanza 137 of the poem Hávamál, Odin describes how he once sacrificed himself to himself by hanging on a tree.

In the stanza that follows, Odin describes how he had no food nor drink there, that he peered downward, and that " I took up the runes, screaming I took them, then I fell back from there.

In stanza 34, Odin says that more serpents lie beneath Yggdrasil " than any fool can imagine " and lists them as Góinn and Móinn ( possibly meaning Old Norse " land animal "), which he describes as sons of Grafvitnir ( Old Norse, possibly " ditch wolf "), Grábakr ( Old Norse " Greyback "), Grafvölluðr ( Old Norse, possibly " the one digging under the plain " or possibly amended as " the one ruling in the ditch "), Ófnir ( Old Norse " the winding one, the twisting one "), and Sváfnir ( Old Norse, possibly " the one who puts to sleep

A four stanza work, Living Flame of Love describes a greater intimacy, as the soul responds to God's love.

A final stanza describes the sudden appearance of Nidhogg the dragon, bearing corpses in his wings, before the seeress emerges from her trance.

In Völuspá, a stanza describes the events of the Æsir – Vanir War, noting that during the war the Vanir broke the walls of the stronghold of the Æsir, and that the Vanir were " indomitable, trampling the plain.

* Example from Henryson's Testament of Cresseid, in a stanza which describes the god Saturn hailing from an extremely cold realm:

In the first stanza he describes how he would love her if he were to be unencumbered by the constraints of a normal lifespan.

Each character then describes the nature of his sharp practice in a stanza followed by the general chorus

The Literary History of Canada describes Murdoch's poems as having " style and polish " and it cites the following stanza as representative:

A stanza from the Poetic Edda poem Þrymskviða describes Thor's goat-driven ride to Jötunheimr:

The most famous among these are " The Song of Shchors " ( 1935 ), telling the tale of Ukrainian Red Army commander Nikolai Shchors, and " Partisan Zheleznyak " ( 1936 ), which combines the energetic rhythms of a military marching song with elements of a mournful ballad as it describes Commander Zheleznyak's heroic death in battle ( the song opens and closes with a stanza about Zheleznyak's lonely burial mound in the steppes ).

" Its final stanza describes a newlywed couple whose marriage is ruined when " the bride run away with a soldier lad / and the stupid husband went staring mad.

It describes the circuit rider's family anxiously waiting for his return, and the final stanza says:

In the first stanza the traveller describes seeing her after having wandered upon the earth over thousands of years.

In the second stanza the traveller describes Banalata Sen. First he compares her hair with the dark night of long-lost Vidisha.

Possibly his best known poem is the fourth stanza of the Razglednicák, where he describes the shooting of another man and then envisions his own death.

The third stanza describes how Psyche, though a newer Goddess, is better than the other deities.

Njörðr is described as a future survivor of Ragnarök in stanza 39 of the poem Vafþrúðnismál.

In stanza 16 of the poem Grímnismál, Njörðr is described as having a hall in Nóatún made for himself.

" In stanza 43, the creation of the god Freyr's ship Skíðblaðnir is recounted, and Freyr is cited as the son of Njörðr.

In the prose introduction to the poem Skírnismál, Freyr is mentioned as the son of Njörðr, and stanza 2 cites the goddess Skaði as the mother of Freyr.

After Loki has an exchange with the goddess Freyja, in stanza 33 Njörðr states:

" In stanza 35, Njörðr responds that:

Njörðr is referenced in stanza 22 of the poem Þrymskviða, where he is referred to as the father of the goddess Freyja.

In the Saga of Harald Graycloak, a stanza is given of a poem entitled Vellekla (" Lack of Gold ") by the 10th century Icelandic skald Einarr skálaglamm that mentions Njörðr in a kenning for " warrior.

In stanza 17, Egill writes that all others watch in marvel how Arinbjörn gives out wealth, as he has been so endowed by the gods Freyr and Njörðr.

The god Njörðr asks Freyr's servant Skírnir to talk to Freyr, and in the first stanza of the poem, Skaði also tells Skírnir to ask Freyr why he is so upset.

He tells the prince about Odin's wolves Geri and Freki, and, in the next stanza of the poem, states that Huginn and Muninn fly daily across the entire world, Midgard.

song of which the first capital letter of each stanza form the name of his merciful prince.

The stanzas are followed by a four-line concluding stanza ( an envoi ) usually addressed to a prince.

Every stanza ends with a reference to Canada as the land " where colored men are free ".

In stanza 39, Helgi, now in Valhalla, has his former enemy Hunding — also in Valhalla — do menial tasks ; fetching foot-baths for all of the men there, kindling fire, tying dogs, keeping watch of horses, and feeding the pigs before he can get any sleep.

In stanza 35, Odin says that Yggdrasil " suffers agony more than men know ", as a hart bites it from above, it decays on its sides, and Níðhöggr bites it from beneath.

Through the poem, and particularly strong in the last stanza, there is a running commentary, a letter to Jessie Pope, a civilian propagandist of World War I, who encouraged —" with such high zest "— young men to join the battle, through her poetry, e. g. " Who's for the game?