Sentence example with the word 'caesura'

caesura

abeyance, break, dactylic hexameter, em space, heroic couplet, intermezzo, layoff, metrical unit, pyrrhic, sprung rhythm, tribrach

Definition n. a pause or interruption

Last update: October 12, 2015


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This tendency shows itself most in the third foot, the favourite caesura being the trochaic, i.e.   [Please select]

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The caesura, though generally placed near the middle, may be placed at other intervals.   [Please select]

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The caesura is marked (||), and the demi-caesura thus, (|), in the examples given.   [Please select]

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There is, also, in almost every line of poetry, a pause at or near its middle, which is called the caesura.   [Please select]

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There should be a marked accent upon the long syllable next preceding the caesura, and a slighter one upon that next before each of the demi-caesuras.   [Please select]

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