Meaning of CAESURA
| Pronunciation: | | si'zhûru
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- [n] a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line
- [n] a pause or interruption (as in a conversation); "after an ominous caesura the preacher continued"
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| | See Also: | | break, inflection, intermission, interruption, pause, prosody, suspension | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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