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Definition of Caesuras

Caesuras
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.
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 Caesuras from wikipedia

- A caesura (/sɪˈzjʊərə/, pl. caesuras or caesurae; Latin for "cutting"), also written cæsura and cesura, is a metrical pause or break in a verse where...
- ⟨‖⟩[citation needed] is the standard caesura mark in English literary criticism and analysis. It marks the strong break or caesura common to many forms of poetry...
- Eisenstein often included caesurasrhythmical breaks – in his films. The acts of The Battleship Potemkin (1925) are separated by caesuras that provide a rhythmical...
- 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;...
- verse, is also commonly marked by the caesura or pause. In addition to setting pace for the line, the caesura also grouped each line into two hemistichs...
- poems in the Mirror for Magistrates, used a similar line but with few caesuras. The result was essentially the normal iambic pentameter except for the...
- example shows), whenever a feminine caesura is used in the 3rd foot, it is usually accompanied by masculine caesuras in the 2nd and 4th feet also: infan/dum...
- there must be a caesura in each line, and such caesuras almost always occur in the 3rd or 4th foot. There are two kinds of caesura: strong (or masculine)...
- characters (or syllables) between the caesuras or end stops can be considered to be a metric foot. The caesuras tended to both be fixed depending upon...
- Carl Nielsen's violin concerto) cédez (Fr.) Yield, give way cesura or caesura (Lat.) Break, stop; (i.e. a complete break in sound) (sometimes nicknamed...