Definition of Caesura. Meaning of Caesura. Synonyms of Caesura

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Definition of Caesura

Caesura
Caesura C[ae]*su"ra, n.; pl. E. C[ae]suras, L. C[ae]sur[ae] [L. caesura a cutting off, a division, stop, fr. caedere, caesum, to cut off. See Concise.] 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 c[ae]sural accent rests, or which is used as a foot. Note: In the following line the c[ae]sura is between study and of. The prop | er stud | y || of | mankind | is man.

Meaning of Caesura from wikipedia

- A caesura (/siˈzjʊərə/, pl. caesuras or caesurae; Latin for "cutting"), also written cæsura and cesura, is a metrical pause or break in a verse where...
- caesura. When the 3rd foot is a dactyl, the caesura can come after the second syllable of the 3rd foot; this is known as a weak or feminine caesura....
- Xenomigia caesura is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in north-eastern Ecuador. The length of the forewings is 13–16.5 mm. The ground colour...
- ⟨||⟩ or ⟨ǁ⟩ is the standard caesura mark in English literary criticism and analysis. It marks the strong break or caesura common to many forms of poetry...
- Bacchae 1) 'I, the son of Zeus, have come to this land of the Thebans' A caesura (break between words) is usually found after the fifth or seventh element...
- occurs in the middle of a line rather than at a line-break. This is a caesura (cut). A good example is from The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare;...
- critically acclaimed[by whom?] album Eingya in 2006. His third album, Caesura, was released in 2008. Kenniff also records and performs music for solo...
- has an inversion of the fourth foot, following the caesura (marked with "|"). In general a caesura acts in many ways like a line-end: inversions are common...
- consists of two hemistichs (half-lines) of six syllables each, separated by a caesura (a metrical pause or word break, which may or may not be realized as a...
- such as Statius and Martial was the only one used. There is usually a caesura in the line after the 5th or 6th syllable. (Latin: hendecasyllabus alcaicus):...