caesura

Noun

Meaning

A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the caesural accent rests, or which is used as a foot.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

time space rest opening stop break boundary separation gap interval accent suspension breach crack comma
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Antonyms

work world service beginning detestation conflict
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Hypernyms

break suspension pause inflection interruption prosody

Derivatives

caesuras caesurae

Examples

after an ominous caesura the preacher continued Source: Internet

In addition to setting pace for the line, the caesura also grouped each line into two couplets. Source: Internet

Catullus, for example, allows an elision across the caesura in 18 cases, a rare flaw in the later poets (Ovid, for example, never does this). Source: Internet

In english poetry caesura is typical for trochaic octosyllable of church hymns while iambic metres have no caesuras. Source: Internet

Stated another way, an iambic word (like θεά at Il. 1.1) should not precede the midline caesura. Source: Internet

Almost always 11-syllable line is divided by caesura into 5+6. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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