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- Dictionarycaesura/sɪˈzjʊərə/
noun
- 1. (in Greek and Latin verse) a break between words within a metrical foot.
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Caesura is a rhythmical pause in a poetic line or a sentence. It can be medial, initial, or terminal, and it can be feminine or masculine depending on the syllable it follows. Learn more about caesura with examples from Shakespeare, Dickinson, and others.
Caesura is a pause in the middle of a line of poetry, marked by punctuation. Learn how to pronounce, identify, and analyze caesura in different types of poetry, with examples from Beowulf, Shakespeare, and Ashbery.
Caesura is a noun that means a break in the flow of sound in a verse or a melody. Learn about its etymology, usage, examples, and synonyms from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
A caesura is often called masculine when it falls after a long, feminine when it falls after a short syllable. In verses of eleven or twelve syllables, however, the caesura is usually employed to give a break in a determined place.
In modern European poetry, a caesura is defined as a natural phrase end, especially when occurring in the middle of a line. A masculine caesura follows a stressed syllable while a feminine caesura follows an unstressed syllable.
Caesura is a break or pause in the middle of a line of verse. Learn about the types, importance, and examples of caesura in literature and pop culture.
Caesura definition: a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.. See examples of CAESURA used in a sentence.
